Overview
The Tech Challenge is an annual team engineering design challenge for students in grades 4-12 where they develop creative solutions to a real-world problem.
It helps children improve their creative problem solving and teamwork skills.
Participants spend months collaborating and documenting their progress and designs.
The program culminates in a final showcase in April 2024 in front of judges.
It is conducted by The Tech Interactive, San Jose.
2024 Tech Challenge: Cosmic Quest
The scenario: SPACE – the possibilities are limitless!
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From figuring out how to redirect asteroids to finding planets that could support life, scientists are always collecting information about our universe. Scientists are on a quest to learn more about a distant planet and its largest moon. Can your team deliver fragile, but highly important supplies to this moon’s surface?
The challenge: Deliver multiple payloads to different locations.
Teams
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Each team can include 2-6 students and competes in the division for the team member from the highest grade: Division 1 (grades 4-5), Division 2 (grade 6), Division 3 (grade 7).
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Meet regularly to work on the challenge together between Nov to April.
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Each team requires at least 1 adult adviser who are responsible for:
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Registering the team on the Tech Challenge website and communicating with the team
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Mentoring the team
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Registering the team for participant events conducted by the Tech Interactive: Info Clinic, Adviser Training, Team Workshop, 2 Test Trials
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Helping the team submit the engineering journal in PDF format and participate in the final showcase
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Final Showcase
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Event is on Saturday April 27, 2024 at South Hall, 435 S. Market Street in Downtown San Jose.
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Teams present their design and are judged based on:
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Engineering process interview
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Engineering journal (maintain during the project duration and submit in PDF format BEFORE the final showcase)
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Performance (6 minutes to demonstrate)
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Team costume contest
Video Contest
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Team creates a video (up to 3 minutes long) detailing their process and showcase the devices they built.
- Video submissions will be judged on creativity, visual and audio appeals, and how well it tells your story.