National Engineers' Week Futurecity Competition™

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Mail out of Competition Materials begin

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Review competition materials contents

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Watch Future City CD-ROM tutorial

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Read Future City Handbook

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Recruit Engineer Mentor

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Hold Initial Meetings

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Build the Team

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Recruit Engineer-Mentor

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Begin planning the City

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Introduce students to SimCity 4 (Deluxe)

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Meet with Engineer Mentor

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Begin gathering materials for physical model

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Continue designing city in SimCity 4 (Deluxe)

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Continue to meet with Engineer Mentor

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Continue designing city in SimCity 4 (Deluxe)

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Continue to meet with Engineer Mentor

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Continue to gather materials for the model

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Continue designing city in SimCity 4 (Deluxe)

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Continue to gather materials for model

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Begin to build physical model

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Continue designing city in SimCity 4 (Deluxe)

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Begin to research essay question

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Continue to build physical model

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Continue to research essay question

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Begin outlining 500-700 word essay

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Check with your regional coordinator for your region's deadline for the Computer City Design (disk) and Computer Score Sheet

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Begin to write300-500 word abstract

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Continue to research and write essay question

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Continue to build physical model

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Continue to build physical model

Meet with Engineer Mentor

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Finalize essay and abstract

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Check with your regional coordinator for your region's deadline for the Essay and abstract

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Continue to build physical model

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Begin to create verbal presentation

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Continue to meet with Engineer Mentor

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Continue to build physical model

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Check with your regional coordinator about intramural school competition deadlines

Continue to build physical model
Continue to create oral presentation

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Regional Competitions begin

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Practice verbal presentation

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Finalize physical model

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Regional Competitions end

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1st place regional teams pack and ship models

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Continue to meet with Engineer Mentor

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Practice verbal presentation

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1st place regional teams ship models to Washington, DC via instructions provided by the FCC National office

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1st place regional teams arrive for National Finals

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National Future City Finals in Washington, D.C.

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Teams leave National Finals

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