Online Industry Challenge
Student Solve
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Thank you for your interest for Student Solve! Registration has closed early, as all available spots have been filled. Please reach out to the team ([email protected]) with any questions, and thank you so much for your understanding.
Event Overview:
PLTW Gateway and High School students will have a chance to collaborate with an industry pro to solve a problem they actually face at their company – all virtually during a four-hour in-school field trip.
Students will work in teams and put their PLTW skills and tools to use, solving a real-world problem with the help of a virtual industry mentor. Using the PLTW design process and additional resources provided to teachers, students will “pain storm”, evaluate potential solutions using a design matrix, and share a solution with the company. Solutions will be submitted virtually, and the winning solutions will be announced by industry partners at the end of the event. Winning teams will earn a pizza lunch for their entire school!
Event Details:
- Each teacher may include one class (up to 25 students)
- Students must be PLTW students, but they can come from different classes (e.g., you can participate with one of your classes or select students from different classes)
- Students must work in teams of 3+ students (no individual solutions may be submitted), with a maximum of 5 teams
- See FAQs at One8ALHub.org/StudentSolveFAQs
Agenda
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9:00am – 9:30am
Statewide kick-off
Welcome and overview of the day. Hear about the real-world problem your students will be solving directly from industry partners. -
9:30am – 10:00am
Meet your mentor
Break off into a Zoom with your mentor. Break the ice, introduce your class, and learn more about your mentor. Dissect the problem together. -
10:00am - 12:15pm
Team work time and mentor check-ins
Student teams work on their solutions and each team will have time to meet with their mentor for feedback and guidance on their in-process solution. -
12:15pm-1:00pm
Lunch, wrap-up, and winners announcement
Teams submit their solutions by 12:15, then have a break to eat (we'll help provide snacks!). Then, get back together on a state-wide Zoom for winners announcements and celebrations!