[CCHS] Fwd(3): West Point Bridge Design Contest for middle school and high school studen

[Louisa Coleman]

Louise Coleman
Concord-Carlisle High School
500 Walden Street
Concord, MA  01742
lcoleman at colonial.net
978-341-2490 x7101

 

This week, the United States Military Academy is pleased to offer the
9th annual WEST POINT BRIDGE DESIGN CONTEST.  The purpose of this
Internet-based competition is to provide middle school and high school
students with a realistic, engaging introduction to engineering. The
contest website is athttp://bridgecontest.usma.edu.

The Qualifying Round of the contest runs from January 28 to March 5,
2010.  Anyone may enter, but only U.S. students, age 13 through grade
12, are eligible to compete for prizes. Students may compete
individually or in teams to two. Participation is FREE! Each member of
the winning team will receive a $5,000 scholarship, and each finalist
will receive a notebook computer.

To enter, students should: (1) Form a team. (2) Download and install
the award-winning West Point Bridge Designer software, available for
free from the contest website.  (3) Use this software to design a
bridge. (4) Return to the contest website to register and to upload
the bridge design for judging. The website will provide immediate
feedback about the contestants' current standing. Contestants may
submit as many designs as they wish.  For more information, including
the official contest rules, see the contest website at
http://bridgecontest.usma.edu.

Teachers and engineering professionals who wish to run a local bridge
design contest in conjunction with the national competition should see
http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/local.htm for instructions.

West Point provides this contest as a service to education--and as a
tribute to the Academy's two centuries of service to the United States
of America.

The WPBDC Team




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