Friday, April 16, 2010
University of Colorado Denver
PE Event Center
8:00AM - 2:00PM

The overall objective of the MESA Day is to:

• Encourage teamwork.
• Encourage parent and teacher involvement in student activities.
• Develop interpersonal and group skills.
• Encourage honesty and fair play in life situations through competition.
• Develop responsibility and integrity.

CHEN and MESA hope that through the competitions:

• Students will participate in activities designed to demonstrate and nurture math, engineering and technical skills.
• Students will understand the relevancy between the math, science and communications skills they are being taught and their importance in the workplace.
• Students will be challenged by the activities designed to stimulate their analytical and creative skills.
• Students will have fun doing all of the above.
  

CHEN and MESA reserves the right to:

• Disqualify any team for breaking the general rules or individual competition rules.
• Remove or disqualify any team or team members for inappropriate behavior while participating at the competition event.
• Individual competition representatives for each event will make final judgment on any decisions.
  

All participants and MESA advisors are charged with maintaining and following the rules listed herein.

1. All advisors and team members must abide by the competition rules and the rules for each individual event.
2. Adult supervision must be provided for each team by an advisor/sponsor/coach that will be present and responsible for the team members. Advisors may supervise more than one team.

Competition Information

1. All advisors and team members must abide by the competition rules and the rules for each individual event.
2. Adult supervision must be provided for each team by a sponsor/coach who will be present and responsible for the team members. Sponsors may supervise more than one team. Sponsors are requested to assure the students proper behavior during the opening ceremonies, competition events and awards ceremony and throughout the day.
3. Only middle and elementary school MESA students will be allowed to compete.
4. All competitions are team events with teams consisting of two to four (2-4) team members. All teams must be co-ed unless advance authorization is granted from the state MESA office.
5. Schools may choose to field teams for any of the competition events below.

 

2010 Elementary School Design Challenge Winners

Air Powered Vehicle

1st Place Northstar Elementary - Team Moonlight
2nd Place Steller Elementary
2nd Place Skyview - Team 2
3rd Place Northstar Elementary - Team R&B

Electronic School Spirit

1st Place Steller Elementary
2nd Place Skyview Elementary
3rd Place North Star Elementary

Impromptu - Cotton Ball Catapult

1st Place Skyview Elementary
2nd Place Northstar Elementary
3rd Place Northstar Elementary
3rd Place Steller Elementary School

Triplicity

1st Place Skyview Elementary - Team 4
2nd Place Skyview Elementary - Team 1
3rd Place Skyview Elementary - Team 3

2010 Middle School Design Challenge Winners

Air Powered Vehicle

1st Place Silver Hills Middle School - Team The Blue Sail
2nd Place Hill Middle School - Team The Dangerettes
3rd Place Longs Peak Middle School - Team LPMS

Brain Teaser

1st Place Longs Peak Middle School
2nd Place Shadow Ridge Middle School
3rd Place Henry World School

Electronic School Spirit

1st Place Henry World School
2nd Place Heaton Middle School
3rd Place Fountain Middle School

Impromptu - Cotton Ball Catapult

1st Place Altona Middle School
2nd Place Overland Trail Middle School
3rd Place South Valley Middle School

Roller Coaster Run

1st Place Mt. Garfield Middle School - Team Wild Colorado
2nd Place Trinidad Middle School - Team Gold Fish
3rd Place Altona Middle School - Team The Fish Bowl

Trebuchet

1st Place Lucille Erwin Middle School
2nd Place Heaton Middle School
3rd Place Fountain Middle School

Triplicity

1st Place Heaton Middle School - Team Boom
2nd Place Heaton Middle School - Team GCR
3rd Place Heaton Middle School -Team Hawks

Wind Energy Competition

1st Place Coal ridge Middle School
2nd Place Heaton Middle School
3rd Place Trail Ridge Middle School