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Selected Opportunities and Resources in Computer Science & Technology This list features some excellent opportunities available to middle and high school students. Visit our website at www.cty.jhu.edu/imagine for links to additional summer programs, competitions, and recommended websites. CoMPEtitions American Computer Science League Students in grades 11–12 complete a shortanswer test and a programming problem. T op-scoring teams from four divisions are invited to compete in the All-Star Contest, where two top-scoring teams from each division receive a Kindle T ouch. www.acsl.org Botball Educational Robotics Program FIRST Tech Challenge T eams of students in grades 9–12 design, build, and program autonomous robots on a theme (2013: Ring It Up! Game Animation). T eams advance from local qualifying tournaments to state championships and the World Championship T ournament, held in St. Louis, MO. Prizes include awards, trophies, medallions, and scholarships. Over seven weeks, middle and high school students learn to program in C, C++, and Java and use a kit to build and program a robot that can operate autonomously. Students compete regionally and internationally. www.botball.org Google Code-In Davidson Fellows Awards Google Code Jam Students ages 18 and under submit a significant piece of work in science, technology, mathematics, literature, music, philosophy, or “outside the box.” Eight to fifteen students are typically selected each year and named Davidson Fellows. Fellows receive a $50,000, $25,000, or $10,000 scholarship and are recognized for their achievements in Washington, DC. www.davidsongifted.org/fellows FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and T echnology) Competitions www.usﬁrst.org FIRST LEGO League Using LEGO Mindstorms kits, teams of students ages 9–14 build and program robots to meet the year’s challenge (2013: Nature’s Fury) and then compete at the local and state level. The winning team will be offered the opportunity to develop, produce, and take their invention to market. (Students ages 6–9 may participate in Jr. FLL.) FIRST Robotics Competition T eams of high school students are issued a standard kit of parts and work with professional engineers to design, build, and program a remote-controlled robot for competition in regional, state, and district games (2013 theme: Ultimate Ascent). Winning teams advance to the national championships. Prizes include awards, trophies, medallions, and scholarships. 30 imagine Students ages 13–18 complete code-related tasks. Twenty grand-prize winners receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Google headquarters. www.google-melange. com/gci/homepage/google/gci2012 National Robotics Challenge Students in elementary through high school build remote-controlled and/or autonomous robots to compete in such challenges as Robot Maze, Sumo Robot, and Robot Rescue. Awards include trophies, plaques, and cash for schools. www.nationalroboticschallenge.org/joomla NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Awards Girls in grades 9–12 with an outstanding aptitude in IT/computer science are eligible to apply for this award. Each national winner will receive $500, a laptop, and an all-expenses-paid trip to the awards ceremony in Charlotte, NC. http://ww2.ncwit.org/award RoboCup Students ages 13 and up compete in four online rounds. (Students ages 18 and up are eligible to continue to World Finals, where one grand-prize winner receives $15,000.) http://google.com/codejam Students in high school through college work in teams at the local, regional, and then international level to build autonomous robots that complete challenges such as Soccer, Rescue, and At Home. The 2013 International RoboCup will be held in the Netherlands. www.robocup.org Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and T echnology Two individuals and one team from each of 500 Intel ISEF-aﬃliated science fairs advance to the international competition. These high school students compete for scholarships in 17 categories. The top winner at the international competition receives a $75,000 scholarship, and two $50,000 scholarships are awarded in Best in Show categories. Additional prizes include cash awards, scholarships, grants, and trips. Multiple special awards are also presented. www.societyforscience.org/isef Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Students in grades 9–12 who have completed original research in science, engineering, or mathematics may apply to attend JSHS regional symposia. Three winners from each regional event win scholarships of $2,000, $1,500, or $1,000 and are invited to attend the National Symposium, where seven first-place, seven second-place, and seven third-place winners receive scholarships of $12,000, $8,000, and $4,000, respectively. Each first-place finalist also receives an all-expenses-paid trip to the London International Youth Science Forum, an exchange program bringing together over 360 participants from 60 nations. www.jshs.org As individuals or as members of two- or three-person teams, high school students submit research projects in one of 14 categories. Up to 300 projects are selected as semifinalists; from that group, up to 30 individuals and 30 teams become regional finalists. Individual winners of regional competitions receive $3,000 scholarships; winning teams receive $6,000 in scholarships to divide among team members. T and individual winners go to New Y eam ork for the national finals, where they compete for scholarships ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. www.siemens-foundation.org TEAMS T eams of students in grades 9–12 solve challenges on an annual theme (2013: Engineering a Secure Cyberspace) at the state and then national level. Prizes include cash, trophies, medals, and certificates. http://teams.tsaweb.org T echnology Student Association High School Competition Students in grades 9–12 submit entries in such categories as Open Source Software Development, System-Controlled T echnology, and Webmaster. A middle school competition is also available. www.tsaweb.org may/Jun 2013 http://www.cty.jhu.edu/imagine http://www.nationalroboticschallenge.org/joomla http://www.acsl.org http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2012 http://ww2.ncwit.org/award http://www.botball.org http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2012 http://www.google.com/codejam http://www.robocup.org http://www.davidsongifted.org/fellows http://www.usfirst.org http://www.societyforscience.org/isef http://www.siemens-foundation.org http://teams.tsaweb.org http://www.tsaweb.org http://www.jshs.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - May/June 2013

Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - May/June 2013
Contents
Big Picture
In My Own Words
Code Me In
Getting Started With Computational Problem Solving
Coding for Gold
The Computer Science Connection
Magical & Practical
The Creative, Collaborative Universe of Minecraft
Going Mobile
Connecting Students and Cultures Through Technology
Selected Opportunities & Resources
Words With Friends
Off the Shelf
Word Wise
Exploring Career Options
One Step Ahead
Planning Ahead for College
Students Review
Creative Minds Imagine
Mark Your Calendar
Knossos Games

Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - May/June 2013