Future City - Mentors

Page title: Future City Competition

Graphic: Future City Logo

Join the Engineering Team of the Future!
Participate in the National Engineers Week
Future City Competition!

You are invited to participate in the National Engineers Week Future City Competition (FCC) by mentoring a team of 6th, 7th or 8th grade students.

Mentors help students and educators better understand the practical applications of math and science as they work with students in the design of a future city.

5.0 PDHs of community service are awarded to all mentors whose teams complete the competition and are printed on the mentor's certificate of appreciation.

Engineers in all fields are welcome. Just as cities need all types of engineers, so do our students.

Photo: competition participants

FCC consists of students completing these projects:

Creating a computer design & layout using SimCity4 Deluxe software,
Building a table top scale model of a section of the city,
Writing a 1,000 words max. essay on an assigned engineering-related topic, and 500 words max. city narrative
Giving an oral presentation of their team's city and model.

Engineers from the following firms, cities, and counties served as mentors during the 2010 Minnesota Future City Competition:

3M
BKBM Engineers
City of Hastings
DLR Group
Hakanson-Anderson

McGough Construction
Michaud-Cooley-Erickson
Minnesota Dept. of Transportation
Nova - Tech Engineering
Seagate
Steele County
Terracon
Yaggy

Mentors meet with their FCC team(s) at the team's school for an hour each week from September through the end of January. Exact times will be arranged with the with team's teacher.

Mentor resources are contained within a practical FCC Engineer Mentor Manual.

If you are interested in being a mentor for FCC, send contact information (name, company, mailing address, office phone and email) to: Colleen Feller, 612/638-1511 or colleen.feller@metroecsu.org.

The top Minnesota team (with teacher and mentor) will compete in Washington, DC during National Engineers Week. (February 18-22, 2011)
Airfare and hotel costs are paid by FCC.
In 2006, our Minnesota FCC team won first place at the National Competition!


October 15, 2010	Registration deadline for FCC. For registration information, click here.

September 30, 2010 4:00-5:30 pm	FCC Teacher and Mentor Orientation If needed, this orientation will be repeated in October. Date, time and location TBD.	Success Beyond the Classroom , 3055 Old Highway 8, Suite 302, St. Anthony, MN 55418. Outside the metro area, see list of Service Cooperative contacts at bottom of page.
November 18, 2010	Computer model due.	Colleen Feller, colleen.feller@metroecsu.org.
December 17, 2010	Essay and narrative due. Use proper form (sent by Colleen).	Colleen Feller, colleen.feller@metroecsu.org. For essay criteria & description, click here.
January 15, 2011 8am-4pm	Future City Regional Competition	University of Minnesota, Mpls. campus, Keller Hall
February 18-22, 2011	Future City National Competition	Washington, DC

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

Service Cooperative Contacts
Mary Morken NW Service Cooperative 114 West First Street, Thief River Falls, MN 56701 218/681-8005 or mmorken@nw-service.k12.mn.us		Kirsten Kuehl Southeast Service Cooperative 210 Wood Lake Drive SE, Rochester, MN 55904 507/281-6670 or kkuehl@ssc.coop
Kijo Pulford NE Service Cooperative 5525 Emerald Avenue, Mountain Iron, MN 55768 218/741-0750 or kpulford@nesc.k12.mn.us		Mary Hillmann South Central Service Cooperative 1610 Commerce Drive, North Mankato, MN 56003 952/715-8745 or mhillmann@mnscsc.org

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