| August-December
2008 |
| Registration
fee deadline. |
Through October 15, 2008 |
| SimCity 4 Deluxe Future City 2008/2009 Teacher/Volunteer Handbook, and Future City Tutorial CD-ROM mailed to schools. |
August - October |
| Students design city using SimCity 4 Deluxe competition software (students must be from the same school). |
August - November |
| Students write an essay (500-700 words) and a city abstract (300-500 words). |
August - January |
| Students design
and build a scale model of their city. |
September - January |
| Students prepare
a 5-7 minute verbal presentation of their city. |
September - January |
| Deliver
copy of disk file and completed computer score sheet. |
November
- December |
| January
2009 |
| Regional competition
(date as determined by the Regional Coordinator). |
January |
| February
2009 |
| Washington, D.C.,
Future City Competition National Finals |
February 14-19, 2009 |