Michelle Bunn, M.A.Associate DirectorProject Lead The WaySDSU College of Engineering

Competitions• Chevron Design Challenge• Chevron Design Challenge: Winning Strategies• IvenTeam• TEAMS• Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge• VEX Robotics/FIRST Robotics• MESA Days• Walk on Water• Solar Cup• Additional STEM Competitions• HOSA• Additional BMS Competitions & Opportunities

Chevron Design Challenge – PLTW High Schools

• Teams are given the opportunity to:– Create an original design that meets the design specifications given the

morning of the competition– Collaborate with their teammates and work together to meet deadlines to

submit sketches, assembly drawings, parts drawings and an exploded view with Parts List for judging

– Give a short presentation of their design to a panel of professional engineers and college students

Competition Day Schedule• 7:30 – 8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast. • 8:00 – 8:15 Procedural Briefing and Distribution of the Design Brief. • 8:15 – 8:45 Initial Brainstorming and Preparation Period. • 8:45 – ~9:00 The competition director responds to questions. • 9:00 – 11:00 Brainstorming, Design Sketching, and Initial Inventor Modeling. • 11:00 – 11:30 Continued Model Entry• 11:30 – 12:00 Lunch and Coaching. • 12:00 – 2:00 Continued Model Entry and Presentation Preparation. • 2:00 – 3:00 Completion of the Design Presentation. • 3:00 – 3:15 Break Time.• 3:15 – ~4:30 Design Presentations. • 4:30 – 4:45 Break while Judges Collect and Tabulate Scores• 4:45 – 5:00 Presentation of Awards

2011 State Finals held at Santana HS in San Diego

2012 State Finals held at Lincoln HS in

San Diego

Scoring• Initial Design Sketches (15 points) – Neatness: 0-3 pointsClarity: 0-12 points

• Parts Drawings (15 points) – THREE of the parts drawings must be clearly dimensioned using correct dimensioning conventions.

Complete drawing set submitted: 0-4 pointsAll required and appropriate views shown: 0-4 pointsDimensioning standards followed: 0-7 points

• Assembly Drawing (5 points) – Assembly drawing submitted with all parts correctly constrained 0-5 points

• Meets Quantitative Design constraints (5 points) –Meets Quantitative Design Constraints 0-5 points

• Exploded View and Parts List (15 points) – All parts shown: 0-5 pointsParts list: 0-5 pointsBalloons & Exploded View: 0-5 points 

Presentation Scoring• Design Concept (20 points) –

Originality: 0-5 points

Meets Qualitative Design Constraints: 0-5 points

Manufacturability: 0-5 points

Marketability 0-5 points• Final Presentation (25 points) – Up to six minutes using a PowerPoint

presentation.  

Presentation (Speaking) Skills: 0-6 points

Quality of Slides: 0-5 points

Content: 0-7 points

Clarity: 0-4 points

Neat Professional Appearance 0-3 points

Dress Code

• Business Casual – School uniform – Blouse and skirt for the girls– Polo and khakis for the boys

• NO shorts and sandals.• Students do not need to wear a suit

and tie, but are more than welcome to if they would like.

Competition Dates

• REGIONAL COMPETITIONS• April 5: Sacramento (Granite Bay HS)• April 12: San Jose/East Bay (Amador HS)• April 26: Bakersfield (Bakersfield Community

College) Los Angeles (Redondo HS) San Diego (La Costa Canyon HS)

• STATE FINALS COMPETITION• May 24: San Diego (Scripps Ranch High School)

Eligibility

• 3 members per team.

• Limited to students who are currently enrolled in IED/ID OR who have completed IED/ID.

• Have not entered the contest before.

Prizes are awarded to each of the 3 team

members!

Prizes for Regional Competitions include:

• 1st Place Winners — IPad • 2nd Place Winners — $100 Amazon gift card• 3rd Place Winners — $75 Amazon gift card• 4th Place Winners — $50 Amazon gift card• 5th Place Winners — $25 Amazon gift card

• *1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place Teams are also awarded a $1,000 Travel Stipend to attend Finals*

Prizes for Finals Competition include:

• 1st Place Winners — Laptop• 2nd Place Winners — $300 Amazon gift card• 3rd Place Winners — $200 Amazon gift card• 4th Place Winners — $100 Amazon gift card• 5th Place Winners — $50 Amazon gift card

Registration

• Registration is open! Space is limited!• Please register only ONE team per high

school. – You can also email me (mbunn@mail.sdsu.edu) ONE additional team to be

put on the WAIT LIST. Teams will be randomly selected to fill any open spots 2 weeks prior to the Regionals.

• Register at: pltwca.net/go/IED2014 • Please go to PLTWCa.org for rules and

additional information.

Chevron Design Challenge: Winning Strategies1. Meet all Deadlines – You can’t win if items are turned in late.2. Save Often & Safely on Desktop and USB – Every year, multiple teams lose all their work.3. Bring a Team – You don’t need 3 quarterbacks; multiple skills are needed.4. Practice – Use previous design briefs.5. Keep it Simple – Don’t get hung up on a complex part; change it and move on!

5. Design it so it Works – Engineers do not reward you for crazy creative ideas that won’t work.6. Be Professional and Neat – These can influence the judges more than the scoring indicates.7. Work as a Team – Everyone always working in parallel.8. Presentations are Critical – Practice! Don’t read, use bullets, emphasize your design (not the design brief), use 2 presenters if 1 is weak. Practice before presenting. 9. Animations Must Work – Learn how to embed videos that will work when moved to a new computer.

Chevron Design Challenge: Winning Strategies

Additional STEM-Related Competitions

• Invent Technological Solutions to Real-World Problems– Gives HS students an opportunity to cultivate their creativity and

experience invention– InvenTeams include: HS students, teachers, and mentors– Can receive grants up to $10,000 each to invent technological

solutions to real-world problems– For more information: http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/about.html

• 2015 InvenTeam Application Timeline (Grants for the 2014-2015 academic year) – Initial application deadline: February 28, 2014– Excite Award recipient notification: March 4, 2014

• EurekaFest 2014: June 19-21, 2014– Final application deadline: September 5, 2014– 2015 InvenTeams announced: October 15, 2014

Additional STEM-Related Competitions

• TEAMS– 1-day competition– MS/HS students– Hands-on STEM enrichment in imagining creative, practical

solutions to a real-world challenge– This year’s theme is “Engineering Tomorrow’s Cities”

• Scenarios are based on the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges

– Teams of 4-8 students work together to answer multiple choice and essay questions

• Compete for local, state, and national recognition– Teams can compete anytime during February 10 – March 22. – PLTW schools receive a 30% registration discount by using code

PLTW2014– Find out more at: http://teams.tsaweb.org

Additional STEM-Related Competitions

• Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge– For K-12th grade students– Students must follow 7-step invention process

• Including: identifying a problem, conducting research, sketching, building a prototype, testing, refining, and marketing their product

– Prizes include:• a patent application filed by a law firm• camp scholarships• book sets• Additional items

– Deadline for submitting inventions: April 11, 2014– For more information including challenge details, guidelines, and

scoring information, visit www.epals.com/invent-it

Additional STEM-Related Competitions

• VEX Robotics Competitions– Visit www.robotevents.com

• Operated by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (REC)

• Information on competitions across different programs– VEX IQ– VEX Robotics Competition (VRC)– VEX U

– Check out the REC Foundation Online Challenges• Gives students a chance to show off their work, win prizes, and

get a chance to compete at the VEX Robotics Competition World Championship

• Attend one of the VEX Robotics presentations at this conference to learn more about grant opportunities!

FIRST Robotics

First Lego League

Additional STEM-Related Competitions

• MESA Days

Walk on Water Competition

Solar Cup Challenge

Additional STEM-Related Competitions

• Two national video game competitions– Game Changers– STEM NATIONAL VIDEO GAME COMPETITION

• Cyber-Security Competition• 2014 Extreme Redesign: Rise to the 3D Printing Challenge• “Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge” • Intel Competitions• What If? Live Student Design Challenge

Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)

• Start a HOSA chapter– www.cal-hosa.org

• Create a Parent Advisory Board• Invite community partners to help your

students

Health Science Events:Dental SpellingDental TerminologyKnowledge: Human Growth & DevelopmentKnowledge: Medical Law and EthicsKnowledge: PathophysiologyKnowledge: PharmacologyKnowledge: NutritionMedical MathMedical ReadingMedical SpellingMedical Terminology

Emergency Preparedness Events:CERT SkillsCPR/First Aid

Teamwork Events:Biomedical DebateCareer Health DisplayCommunity AwarenessCreative Problem SolvingForensic MedicineHealth EducationHOSA BowlPublic Service Announcement

Leadership Events:Extemporaneous Health PosterExtemporaneous SpeakingExtemporaneous WritingHealthy LifestyleJob Seeking SkillsMedical PhotographyPrepared SpeakingResearched Persuasive Speaking Health Professions Events:Clinical NursingDental ScienceMedical AssistingNursing AssistingSports Medicine

 Recognition Events:Barbara James Community Service AwardCal-HOSA Honor RollHealth Care Issues ExamHOSA Happenings: Multimedia Chapter Communication EventNational HOSA WeekNational Recognition ProgramNational Service ProjectOutstanding HOSA Chapter

California HOSA Competitive Events

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Medical Career Nightfor the Middle Schools

with Career Speakers and students demonstrating their skills

Success for Skills Tests:• C.E.R.T. at the fire house • Clinical Nursing taught by Nurses• CPR is taught by Firefighters and EMT’s • Sport Medicine trainers teach taping

Success for NON-Skills Tests:• Study on your own from textbooks• PDF’s have practice questions without answers• Our officers created practice test for our members

Strategies for Success

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