Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - May/June 2012 - (Page 30)

Selected Opportunities and Resources: Build It! This list features some excellent opportunities available to middle and high school students. Visit our website at www.cty.jhu.edu/imagine for links to additional summer programs, competitions, and recommended websites. CoMPEtitions AbilityOne Network Design Challenge High school students develop assistive technologies that empower people with disabilities to overcome barriers to employment. The top five winning teams receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, dC, where they compete for cash prizes of up to $5,000. www. instituteforempowerment.org/design-challenge ExploraVision B.E.S.T. Robotics Design Contest T eams of students in grades K–12 submit designs for new technology that benefits society. regional winners receive a notebook computer and software for their school, and build a website and prototype of their design. members of first- and second-place teams each receive a $10,000 and $5,000 savings bond, respectively, and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, dC, for an awards ceremony. www.exploravision.org Google Science Fair middle and high school students build a radio-controlled robot that can perform assigned tasks. T eams are placed geographically into “hubs,” which compete locally; champions are sent to regional tournaments at T exas A&m University and Auburn University. see website to contact or organize a hub in your area. www.bestinc.org FIRST LEGO League in this annual online science competition, students ages 13–18 submit projects to be judged by a panel of teachers and university professors. Fifteen finalists receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Google headquarters in California to present their projects. one first-place and two second-place winners receive prizes of $50,000 and $25,000, respectively. The first-place winner also receives a trip to the Galapagos islands and an internship at Cern. www.google.com/sciencefair Botball Educational Robotics Program over six weeks, middle and high school students learn to program in C and use a kit to build and program a robot that can operate autonomously. students compete regionally and internationally. www.botball.org Using leGo mindstorms™ kits, teams of students ages 9–14 build robots to meet the year’s challenge (2012: senior solutions) and then compete at the local and state level. The winning team will be offered the opportunity to develop, produce, and take their invention to market. (students ages 6–9 may participate in Jr. Fll.) www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/fll Intel International Science and Engineering Fair FIRST Robotics Competition BotsIQ T eams of three or more middle or high school students work with an adult advisor to build a robot that competes in one-to-one or “rumble” combat matches. Competitions take place on both the local and national level (2012: miami, Fl). prizes include trophies and software for the winners’ schools. www.botsiq.org FirsT (For inspiration and recognition of science and T echnology) is an international robotics competition open to high school students. T eams are issued a standard kit of parts and work with professional engineers to design and build a remote-controlled robot for competition in regional , state, and district games (2012 theme: rebound rumble). Winning teams advance to the national championships. prizes include more than $14 million in scholarships. (see page 4 for a photo from this year’s competition.) www.usfirst.org Two individuals and one team from each of 500 intel iseF-Affiliated science Fairs advance to the international competition. These high school students compete for scholarships in 17 categories. The top winner at the international competition receives a $75,000 scholarship, and two $50,000 scholarships are awarded in Best in show categories. Additional prizes include cash awards, scholarships, grants, and trips. multiple special awards are also presented. www.societyforscience.org/isef International High School Bridge Building Contest students in grades 9–12 build a bridge according to specifications that change annually. Contests are held at individual schools and regionally; finalists compete in the international contest (2012: las Vegas, nV). http://bridgecontest.phys.iit.edu Internet Science and Technology Fair (ISTF) Design TASC Challenge Teams of high school students design, build, and test a device to complete one of two tasks at the University of Vermont (2011: delivery of emergency supplies or Creation of Video Featuring emergency preparedness for Vehicles). prizes include science equipment and games. www.cems.uvm.edu/TASC/2012 students ages 5–19 re-engineer everyday discarded or recycled materials into functional products. The grand prize winner receives a $10,000 cash prize and a trip to the development lab at Continuum, an award-winning design firm, to build a prototype of his or her design. http://pbskids.org/designsquad/contest FIRST T Challenge ech Design Squad T eams of students in grades 9–12 design, build, and program autonomous robots on a theme (2011–12: Bowled over). T eams advance from local qualifying tournaments to state championships and the World Championship T ournament, held in st. louis, mo. prizes include nearly $7 million in college scholarships. www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc T eams of three or more students in elementary through high school work with a practicing scientist or engineer to choose a problem, research it, write a report according to specification, and create a website on which they publish their final research reports. T teams receive certificates op from the national medal of T echnology program at the U.s. patent and Trademark office. http://istf.ucf.edu students in grades 6–12 create a 30–90 minute video on an annual theme about how scientific inventions can improve lives (2012: save the World Through science & engineering). A total of $3,500 in cash prizes will be awarded. www.usasciencefestival. org/2012festival/contests/kavli-video-contest Kavli Science Video Contest Future City Competition Destination ImagiNation in this international creative problem-solving competition, students in four grade divisions work in teams to solve problems with a range of difficulty at regional, state, and global tournaments. Global finals are held at the University of Tennessee. Current problem summaries can be found online. www.idodi.org students in grades 7–8 use simCity™ software to design and build a future city. regional winners travel to Washington, dC, for finals during national engineers Week. Grand prize winners receive a trip to U.s. space Camp in Huntsville, Al. second- and third-place winners receive $5,000 and $2,000, respectively, for their schools’ technology programs. www.futurecity.org Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams This non-competitive initiative grants awards of up to $10,000 each to teams of high school students, their teachers, and mentors who identify a problem and invent a solution. previous categories have included consumer products, assistive devices for the disabled/elderly, safety devices, and environment. http://web.mit.edu/inventeams 30 imagine may/Jun 2012 http://www.cty.jhu.edu/imagine http://www.instituteforempowerment.org/design-challenge http://www.instituteforempowerment.org/design-challenge http://www.exploravision.org http://www.google.com/sciencefair http://www.bestinc.org http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/fll http://www.societyforscience.org/isef http://www.botball.org http://bridgecontest.phys.iit.edu http://www.botsiq.org http://www.usfirst.org http://istf.ucf.edu http://www.cems.uvm.edu/TASC/2012 http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc http://www.usasciencefestival.org/2012festival/contests/kavli-video-contest http://www.usasciencefestival.org/2012festival/contests/kavli-video-contest http://www.pbskids.org/designsquad/contest http://www.futurecity.org http://www.idodi.org http://web.mit.edu/inventeams

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - May/June 2012

Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - May/june 2012
Contents
Big Picture
In My Own Words
Building Green
Learn and Build
Tinkerer’s Dream
The Healing Touch
From Jupiter to the Moon
Building a Better Landmine Detector
Designing the Future
27 Pipes
Better Than Wikinotes
Selected Opportunities & Resources
Exploring Our Political Legacy
Off the Shelf
Word Wise
Exploring Career Options
One Step Ahead
Planning Ahead for College
Students Review
Creative Minds Imagine
Mark Your Calendar
Knossos Games

Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - May/June 2012