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Future City

The Future City Competition is a project-based learning program where students in 6th, 7th, and
8th grades imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future.

Surveying is an important part of designing environmentally-friendly futuristic cities, yet it’s
currently not embedded in the Future Cities competition as well as it could be.

Currently, surveyors can get involved as judges of the event. The opportunity to increase exposure lies in increasing our involvement
prior to the final competition day, and making sure that students fully understand the surveying component of the project and how their
project will be judged.
When surveying is an abstract line item of the rule sheet, it’s not compelling. However, many Future City coordinators are more
than interested in the concept of having surveyors come to present to their students during the planning process so that they can
incorporate new knowledge into their Future City projects.
Become a mentor: https://futurecity.org/about-the-competition/forming-your-team

SkillsUSA
Another middle school-focused program is SkillsUSA. SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit made up of
a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled
workforce.
Currently, surveying is not represented as part of the SkillsUSA program, but it would be an excellent fit.
The group has both an educational component and a skill component, which is used to introduce and
train students in various vocational professions.

Find a locate State Association Director in your area: https://www.skillsusa.org/about/state-directors/
CTE (Career and Technical Education) for High School
Career Technical Education (CTE) provides students of all ages with the academic and technical
skills, knowledge, and training necessary to succeed in future careers and to become lifelong
learners. In total, about 12.5 million high school and college students are enrolled in CTE
across the nation. CTE prepares these learners for the world of work by introducing them to
workplace competencies and makes academic content accessible to students by providing it in
a hands-on context. In fact, the high school graduation rate for CTE concentrators is about 90
percent – 15 percentage points higher than the national average.
Find a CTE in your state: https://careertech.org/cte-your-state

Project Lead the Way (PLTW) for High School
Reinventing the Classroom Experience

Project Lead The Way provides transformative learning experiences for PreK-12
students and teachers across the U.S. They create an engaging, hands-on classroom
environment and empower students to develop in-demand knowledge and skills they
need to thrive. The professional development for teachers provides training, resources,
and support to engage students in real-world learning.

PLTW Engineering empowers students to step into the role of an engineer, adopt a problem-solving mindset, and make the leap
from dreamers to doers. The program’ s courses engage students in compelling, real-world challenges that help them become better
collaborators and thinkers. Students take from the courses in-demand knowledge and skills they will use in high school and for the rest
of their lives, on any career path they take.
A recent study shows PLTW students outperform their peers in school, are better prepared for post-secondary studies, and are more
likely to consider STEM careers, compared to their non-PLTW peers. Students find PLTW programs relevant, inspiring, engaging, and
foundational to their future success.

Find the Project Lead the Way School in your area: https://www.pltw.org/experience-pltw/school-locator?search_school=&state=NV

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