C.A.S.H. NSBE JR. COMPETITION TEAM OPPORTUNITIES 2024-25

https://firstinmaryland.org/ 

FIRST LEGO League Explorer is one of the student robotics programs offered by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). 

Teams of up to 6 students, ages 6-10 research a real-world problem, develop a solution, and build a robotic representation of that solution using the LEGO WeDO platform. Teams learn valuable teamwork, research, and technical skills. (Source: First in Maryland website)

• Identify one or more adults (18 or older) as coaches/mentors. An adult can coach multiple teams. Coaches do not need robot or technical experience but do need to be good organizers and facilitators to keep the team on track.

https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll

FIRST LEGO League provides students age 9-14 with a hands-on, interactive robotics program in a sports-like atmosphere. Teams of up to 10 players focus on team building, problem solving, creativity, and analytical thinking to develop solutions to a problem currently facing the world – the Challenge. (Source: First in Maryland website)

We can have up to 10 members per team. Please check out the link for more information.

https://futurecity.org/

Future City starts with a question—how can we make the world a better place? To answer it, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future that showcase their solution to a citywide sustainability issue.

Past topics include stormwater management, urban agriculture, public spaces, and green energy. Participants complete five deliverables: a virtual city design (using SimCity); a 1,500-word city essay; a scale model built from recycled materials; a project plan, and a presentation. (Source Future City Website)

https://www.mathcounts.org/

http://www.nsbe.org/NSBE-Jr/Programs/MATHCOUNTS.aspx#.WyZj20xFx7k

MATHCOUNTS is a math competition series that allows students to compete through in person contests. Each level of competition is comprised of 4 rounds—Sprint, Target, Team and Countdown Round. Altogether the rounds are designed to take about 3 hours to complete. (Source MATHCOUNTS website)

• Sprint Round: focuses on speed and accuracy. Students have 40 minutes to complete 30 math problems without a calculator.
• Target Round: focuses on problem-solving and mathematical reasoning. Students receive 4 pairs of problems and have 6 minutes to complete each pair, assuming the use of a calculator.
• Team Round: focuses on problem-solving and collaboration. Students have 20 minutes to complete 10 math problems, assuming the use of a calculator. Only the 4 students on a school's team can take this round officially.
• Countdown Round: focuses on speed and accuracy. Students have a maximum of 45 seconds per problem without a calculator.

https://videochallenge.mathcounts.org/

The Math Video Challenge empowers students to take their math and problem-solving skills to the next level with a creative video project. Students work together in teams of 4 to create a video that explains the solution to a MATHCOUNTS handbook problem and demonstrates a real-world application of the mathematics concept explored in the problem. (Source MATHVIDEO website)

http://www.nsbe.org/NSBE-Jr/Programs/MATHVIDEO-Challenge.aspx#.WyZkLExFx7k

https://www.ten80education.com/the-league/

http://www.nsbe.org/NSBE-Jr/Programs/Ten80-STEM-Initiative.aspx#.WyZlG0xFx7k

The Student Racing Challenge is the flagship series in the National STEM League (NSL). Through it, students own a motor-sports business. The ultimate goal is to engineer performance: personal performance, team performance and of course, race performance. Teams with the fastest, most stable and efficient car that also have a sound fuel strategy will win races. Race points are however only one-third of a team’s total. Like professional race teams, Student Racing Challenge teams must also have a strong R&D focus (Data-Driven Design and MODS), marketing strategy and work toward becoming leaders in their communities. (Source TEN80 STEM Racing Challenge website)

There are no limits to the number of participants for TEN80 more students are better on these teams as there are so many activities that must be completed. Additionally, it helps to have multiple parent volunteers. 

https://www.nsbe.org/NSBE-Jr/Programs/KidWind-Challenge.aspx#.WjCUVrpFyv8

Every KidWind team must consist of a minimum of 2 participants and may have a maximum of 4 participants.

For the KidWind challenge, students are tasked with building a wind turbine and the testing it in a 4 ft tall wind tunnel.

For more information visit the Kid Wind website https://www.kidwind.org/

Also check out the ‘What is the Basic Wind Experiment Kit?’ video at: https://vimeo.com/23002611

http://www.nsbe.org/NSBE-Jr/Programs/TMAL.aspx#.WyZgskxFx7k

Try-Math-A-Lon (TMAL) is a yearlong tutoring program meant to foster good study habits for students, groom students for success in STEM courses and help prepare them for standardized exams such as the ACT and SAT. Online math tools are leveraged to assist in studying.

Each team is comprised of 4 students and a mandatory alternate. TMAL is divided into two divisions. Lower division is grades 9 and 10 and upper division is grades 11 and 12.

http://www.nsbe.org/NSBE-Jr/Programs/NSBE-Jr-Explorer.aspx#.WyZrM0xFx7k

Participants may choose to compete individually or as a team. Teams may consist of 2- 3 team members but may not have more than 3 team members. The fair is divided into a middle school category and a high school category.

This program gives pre-college students the opportunity to compete in and explore the many applications of science through projects and presentations. As they follow the program calendar, participants submit their project summary and research paper for scoring. Projects and presentations are judged and scored at the national competition. Students conduct research for no more than 12 months before the national competition, which is held at NSBE’s Annual Convention.