Extended Design Projects and Challenges
A unique aspect of the SCITEC project is the opportunity to participate in extended design projects that connect students and faculty among Career and Technical Education centers and program sending schools. SCITEC Network teachers have developed some of the challenges described here.

 

Engineering Energy Efficient Buildings Design Challenge 2009-10
Open to Maine high school science and CTE students and their teachers
Open to Maine high school students and their teachers
Challenge Synopsis
Design Brief
Welcome Letter
Engineering Technological Design Process Model
Contest Rubric
Entry Form

Participating in the Energy Efficient Building Design Challenge?
Join our Challenge Blog! http://buildingchallenge200910.blogspot.com/

2010 Maine High School Wind Blade Design Challenge http://www.mainewindbladechallenge.com/ (Site is still being worked on)
All Maine high schools are invited to develop teams of students with an academic advisor to design the most efficient wind blade. School teams will partner with either an educational facility or a composite business to complete the infusion process. Each team is provided with an identical kit of materials including polyisocyanurate foam blocks, glass cloth, and polyester resin. Teams will research wind blade design and performance. Challenge Synopsis   Link to News Release   

Maine Science Olympiad (http://mainescienceolympiad.blogspot.com/)
Registrations for both the High School (Division C) and Middle School (Division B) Maine Science Olympiad Tournaments open September 21. Both tournaments will likely be held in the Portland area. The tournaments are usually scheduled on a Saturday between the last week in February and the first week in April. Please contact State Director Carol Titterton at carol_titterton@waynflete.org, or call her at 207-774-7863 ext. 268 for a registration form. For information about Science Olympiad and the 23 standards-based challenges featured at the Olympiad, visit the National Science Olympiad site: http://soinc.org/

Team America Rocketry Challenge (http://www.rocketcontest.org/)
Registration for the Team America Rocketry Challenge is open now through November 30 to 750 student teams in grades 7-12 from any U.S. school, home school, or non-profit youth organization. The annual rocket contest, sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), challenges teams of three to 10 students to design and build a rocket that will climb to 825 feet with a raw egg payload and stay aloft for 40 to 45 seconds. The payload must then return to earth unbroken. For the 2010 contest rules and registration information, click on the link above.

Toshiba Exploravision (http://www.exploravision.org/)
ExploraVision is a science competition that encourages K-12 students of all interest, skill and ability levels to create and explore a vision of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. All inventions and innovations result from creative thinking and problem solving. Entry deadline is February 2.

Roller Coaster Design (http://www.aapt.org/programs/contests/rollercoaster.cfm)
Six Flags in conjunction with the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) holds an annual roller coaster design contest for middle and high school students. The project involves designing and building a model roller coaster following certain parameters that are described on the webpage listed above. While designed as a contest, the challenge could be carried out as a classroom project.

 

Archive of SCITEC 2008-2009 Extended Design Projects and Challenges
Maine Student Energy-Efficient Building Design Challenge
Biofuels Extended-Design Project
SCITEC Solar Thermal Energy Extended Design Project

 

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