Future City - Judges

Page title: Future City Competition

Graphic: Future City Logo

You are invited to help judge Future City Competition (FCC) entries by teams of 7th or 8th grade students. All types of engineers are needed and qualified to judge. While most of our judges are engineers or city planners, architects make good judges too.

Judging commitments are approximately 2-5 hours in length, and you can sign up for more than one judging event. We provide score sheets that identify criteria, and same-day training as needed. We need judges for the following phases of FCC:

Computer-modeled cities
Engineering essays and city narratives
Team oral presentations and scale models

Volunteers from the following businesses, cities, and organizations served as judges during the 2009 Minnesota Future City Competition:

3M
American Engineering Testing, Inc.
AECOM Midwest
BKBM Engineers, Inc.
Bolton & Menk, Inc.
Boston Scientific
Central Corridor Project Office
City of Columbia Heights
City of Minneapolis
City of Monticello
City of Prior Lake
City of Wayzata
ERM
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
HDR, Inc.
Hennepin County Transportation Dept.
HNTB Corporation
Howard R. Green Co.
Kimley-Horn & Assoc.
Larson Engineering, Inc.

McGhie & Betts Transportation Services
Medtronic
Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers
MSA Professional Services
Olsson Associates
Opus A&E
Raytheon
Reliable Resources, Inc.
REZ Consulting
RLK, Inc.
Rosemount Engineering
SRF Consulting Group, Inc.
Stanley Consultants, Inc.
SurModics, Inc.
TARGET
Toro
University of Minnesota
WSB
Xcel Energy

Computer-Modeled Cities Judging

Judge computer modeled cities made by students with SimCity4Deluxe software.
No previous computer or SimCity experience required. Training and written tutorials are available.
Judges may work in teams.

Date/Time

December 7 and 15, 2009 from 4:00-8:30pm (you select one or both).

Location

FAIR School, Crystal. Click here for directions.

Contact

Email Colleen at colleen.feller@metroecsu.org or phone: 612/638-1511.
Include in your email the specific date you can judge and your contact info (name, company, address, phone, fax, email).

Resources

Click here for Computer City Design score sheet and rubric.
Click here for SimCity4 Deluxe screenshots.
Click here for SimCity4 Deluxe judging tutorial.

Engineering Essay and City Narrative Judging

Judge 700-1,000 word essays on an assigned engineering-related topic plus 300-500 word city narratives. Student essays will be posted to website by 1/7/2010. Each judge will download assigned essays and score sheets. Send scores no later than 1/14/2010 to Colleen Feller at colleen.feller@metroecsu.org.

Date/Time

Essays will be posted to website on 1/7/2010. Judges send scores no later than 1/14/2010.

Location

Any place with Internet access.

Contact

Email Colleen at colleen.feller@metroecsu.org or phone: 612/638-1511.

Include in your email your judging choice and contact info (name, company, address, phone, fax, email).

Resources

Click here for a description of the essay topic and the city narrative.
Click here for the Essay score sheet and rubric.
Click here for the City Narrative score sheet and rubric.

Team Presentation and City Model Judging

Judge team oral presentations and scale models.

Date/Time

January 23, 2010 (Saturday) -- 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for judging.
Judges are welcome to stay for lunch, finalist presentations, and awards ceremony (completed about 4:00pm).

Location

University of St. Thomas, St. Paul campus, O'Shaughnessy Education Center. Click here for directions.

Contact

Email Colleen at colleen.feller@metroecsu.org or phone: 612/638-1511.

Include in your email your contact information (name, company, address, phone, fax, email).

Resources

Click here for the Team Presentation score sheet and rubric.
Click here for the City Model score sheet and rubric.
Click here for sample questions to ask the teams.

Karla Peterson, MNDOH, 651/201-4679 or karla.peterson@state.mn.us
Colleen Feller, Success Beyond the Classroom, 612/638-1511 or colleen.feller@metroecsu.org

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