battle of the brains. what is battle of the brains? a contest sponsored by burns & mcdonnell and...
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BATTLE OF THE BRAINS
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WHAT IS BATTLE OF THE BRAINS?
A contest sponsored by Burns & McDonnell and Science City at Union Station.
Our task: To design an interactive science exhibit for possible installation at Science City.
We had to: Write a proposal addressing “Big STEM ideas”,
interactivity, age level, etc. Use Google Sketchup to design the floorplan and
layout of the exhibit. Create a budget and itemize expenses. Create a 2 minute video to accompany the entry.
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OUR PROCESS
Our first meeting: After a lot of ideas we finally agreed on the “Big Bang theory” and how it ties into chemistry.
We met afterschool for 8 weeks. We read the rubric A LOT!We all did research on our “big idea” but then
we divided up the duties: Janeth-Wrote and typed the proposal Andie-Researched and made the budget Matt-Used Google Sketchup to create the layout Cheyenne-Made the video and helped everybody else
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AT THE START OF OUR JOURNEY
Matt, Cheyenne, Carlos (from the other team), Andie, Janeth, Brittany (from the other team)
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THE NUMBERS
35 School districts in the KC Metro area.
128 different schools.456 teams.
2,465 students.560 submissions.
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AND THEN…
They released the TOP 20…10 Secondary Finalists and 10 Elementary
Finalists
And we made it!
The finalists were chosen based on the rubric and the judge’s scores.
The winners were chosen based on the rubric score as well as popular vote (30% of final score)
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NOVEMBER 21, 2011
AWARDS CEREMONYAlthough we didn’t “win it all”, we walked away
with backpacks full of goodies, a trophy, and a $2500 check to improve STEM education in our
school! (Then we played at Science City )
Mrs. Thomas was nervous and
didn’t know where to stand
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The 20 finalist teams
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A FEW HIGHLIGHTS
EMAIL TELLIN
GUS
THAT WE
MADEIT TO THE
FINALS!!
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WHAT NOW?
The $2500 check has arrived!
The Science and Math departments are working on a plan to improve STEM
education at THS.
And we’re waiting for Mrs. Thomas and Mr. Finkemeier to get us into
another contest !!!