Michelle Bunn, M.A. Associate Director Project Lead The Way
SDSU College of Engineering
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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
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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
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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
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2011 State Finals held at Santana HS in San Diego
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2012 State Finals held at Lincoln HS in San Diego
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Scoring Initial Design Sketches (15 points) Neatness: 0-3
points Clarity: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 points
All required and appropriate views shown:0-4 points Dimensioning
standards followed:0-7 points Assembly Drawing (5 points) Assembly
drawing submitted with all parts correctly constrained0-5 points
Meets Quantitative Design constraints (5 points) Meets Quantitative
Design Constraints0-5 points Exploded View and Parts List (15
points) All parts shown:0-5 points Parts list:0-5 points Balloons
& Exploded View:0-5 points
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Presentation Scoring Design Concept (20 points) Originality:0-5
points Meets Qualitative Design Constraints:0-5 points
Manufacturability:0-5 points Marketability0-5 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 Appearance0-3 points
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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.
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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)
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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.
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Prizes are awarded to each of the 3 team members!
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Prizes for Regional Competitions include: 1 st Place Winners
IPad 2 nd Place Winners $100 Amazon gift card 3 rd Place Winners
$75 Amazon gift card 4 th Place Winners $50 Amazon gift card 5 th
Place Winners $25 Amazon gift card *1 st, 2 nd, & 3 rd Place
Teams are also awarded a $1,000 Travel Stipend to attend
Finals*
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Prizes for Finals Competition include: 1 st Place Winners
Laptop 2 nd Place Winners $300 Amazon gift card 3 rd Place Winners
$200 Amazon gift card 4 th Place Winners $100 Amazon gift card 5 th
Place Winners $50 Amazon gift card
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Registration Registration is open! Space is limited! Please
register only ONE team per high school. You can also email me
([email protected]) 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.
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Chevron Design Challenge: Winning Strategies 1. Meet all
Deadlines You cant 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 dont need 3 quarterbacks; multiple
skills are needed. 4. Practice Use previous design briefs. 5. Keep
it Simple Dont get hung up on a complex part; change it and move
on!
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5. Design it so it Works Engineers do not reward you for crazy
creative ideas that wont 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! Dont 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
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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.htmlhttp://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
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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 years theme is
Engineering Tomorrows Cities Scenarios are based on the National
Academy of Engineerings 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.orghttp://teams.tsaweb.org
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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-itwww.epals.com/invent-it
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Additional STEM-Related Competitions VEX Robotics Competitions
Visit www.robotevents.comwww.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!
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FIRST Robotics First Lego League
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Additional STEM-Related Competitions MESA Days
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Walk on Water Competition Solar Cup Challenge
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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
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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
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Health Science Events: Dental Spelling Dental Terminology
Knowledge: Human Growth & Development Knowledge: Medical Law
and Ethics Knowledge: Pathophysiology Knowledge: Pharmacology
Knowledge: Nutrition Medical Math Medical Reading Medical Spelling
Medical Terminology Emergency Preparedness Events: CERT Skills
CPR/First Aid Teamwork Events: Biomedical Debate Career Health
Display Community Awareness Creative Problem Solving Forensic
Medicine Health Education HOSA Bowl Public Service Announcement
Leadership Events: Extemporaneous Health Poster Extemporaneous
Speaking Extemporaneous Writing Healthy Lifestyle Job Seeking
Skills Medical Photography Prepared Speaking Researched Persuasive
Speaking Health Professions Events: Clinical Nursing Dental Science
Medical Assisting Nursing Assisting Sports Medicine Recognition
Events: Barbara James Community Service Award Cal-HOSA Honor Roll
Health Care Issues Exam HOSA Happenings: Multimedia Chapter
Communication Event National HOSA Week National Recognition Program
National Service Project Outstanding HOSA Chapter California HOSA
Competitive Events
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Click on the PDF and it will show you what to study, how it
will be scored, guidelines of the test and breakdown of the
test.
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Medical Career Night for the Middle Schools with Career
Speakers and students demonstrating their skills
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Success for Skills Tests: C.E.R.T. at the fire house Clinical
Nursing taught by Nurses CPR is taught by Firefighters and EMTs
Sport Medicine trainers teach taping Success for NON-Skills Tests:
Study on your own from textbooks PDFs have practice questions
without answers Our officers created practice test for our members
Strategies for Success
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Watch Videos Practice
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Give Students Opportunities for Public Speaking
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RSI SIMR NIH Simons HSHSP City of Hope Berkeley Sharp UCSF
arthritis summer internship SSP Cal Tech Jackson Lab Stony Brook
TASP Intel Cosmos Lead America Other Research Opportunities, Summer
Programs and Competitions:
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Are there any additional competitions you know about?
