2012-2013 TSA Competitive Event Themes and Problems

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM

Career Prep

Choose one of these careers:

Industrial designer LAN technician Biomedical engineer Traffic engineer Photographer

Digital Photography

Theme: TSA, Organized Chaos

Essays on Technology

Topic: The Positive and Negative Effects of Technology on Today’s Youth

Subtopics:

Education

Social development

Ethics

Multimedia Production

Theme: My Chapter’s Community Service Project

Prepared Speech

Theme: A Tradition of Excellence

Website Design
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HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM

Architectural Renovation

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Biotechnology Design

Students select a contemporary biotechnology problem that relates to the current year’s published area of focus and demonstrate understanding of it through research, development of a solution, a display, and an effective multimedia presentation. The biotechnology area of focus for 2013 is Energy.

Career Preparation

For the 2012-2013 school year, students research and prepare a resume and cover letter for each of the following careers:

Computer software specialist

Film and video editor

Biomedical engineer

Debating Technological Issues

Team members prepare to debate both pro and con views of a subtopic (which falls under a general topic) against a team from another chapter. The 2013 topic is Social Media, with these subtopics:

1. Should your use of social media, on or off the job, affect your employment status?
2. Does the use of social media increase the risk of identity theft?
3. Should providers/creators of social media sites be held liable for the negative impacts that may result from their use, such as bullying, predatory stalking, etc.? 

Digital Video Production

Theme: Follow the Rules

Essays on Technology

Topic: The Positive and Negative Effects of Technology on Today’s Youth

Subtopics:

Education

Social development

Ethics

Fashion Design

The theme challenge for 2013 is to design two outfits associated with protective clothing for a first responder that can be worn daily. Participants are responsible for creating three items total that can be worn with either of the outfits.  

Manufacturing Prototype

Product: a “green” product, made from sustainable materials. An appropriate marketing package should accompany the product. The marketing package should not include the use of any copyrighted characters or images.

Photographic Technology

Theme: Courage

Prepared Presentation

Theme: See the national TSA website at http://www.tsaweb.org/National-Conference for the current national TSA conference theme.

Promotional Graphics

Options: Animatronics, Chapter Team, Music Production

Transportation Modeling

Theme: The participant’s vision of the next generation of a high speed rail train engine

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