2010-2011 TSA Competitive Event Themes and Problems

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM

Career Challenge

• Choose one of these careers:
• Engineering and technology teacher
• Bio-fuel analyst
• Physicist
• Crime scene investigator
• Web page design

Digital Photography: The TSA Creed

Graphic Design: “The Road to Success” The design should include the theme, the year, and the location (Nashville, TN) of the 2012 conference.

Lights, Camera, Action:  Learning to Live in a Technical World

Multimedia Production: TSA Membership Recruitment

Prepared Speech: “Snapshot of Innovation”

Robot TOBOR
The course for the robot in 2011 is to travel up a ramp to a designated location on a stage, stop and turn toward the audience, move to another location on the stage, wait for the award announcement, accept the award by picking it up, celebrate with a victory dance, and then exit the stage down the opposite side ramp.

TSA Cup: Marine Design
Design and construct a model propeller-driven catamaran racing boat.

Website Design
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Write Now! Technical Writing: The topic for the 2011 conference is Go Green, with these
subtopics:

• Recycling
• Hybrid vehicles
• Alternative energy

HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM

Architectural Model
Participants design a museum for manual arts, industrial arts, and technology education.

Biotechnology Design
Students select a contemporary biotechnology problem that relates to Genetic Engineering and demonstrate understanding of it through research, a solution, a display and a multimedia presentation.

Construction Renovation
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Debating Technological Issues:
Team members prepare to debate a topic (both pro and con views) against a team from another chapter.  The 2011 topic is Medical technology with these subtopics:

• Money that is available for cancer research should be directed toward prevention instead of cures.
• The use of performance enhancing drugs should not be regulated or restricted in sports.
• Should genetic engineering techniques and processes be used to eliminate multiple sclerosis?

Desktop Publishing: “A Whole New World”

Digital Video Production
Theme: Drama

Essays on Technology: “The Effects of the Decline of Housing Development” with these
subtopics:

• The transient movement of Americans
• The construction industry
• School population
• Financial security of cities and states

Fashion Design
Design theme to design two (2) costumes for a current Broadway play of the team’s choice.I

Manufacturing Prototype
Design and manufacture an original TSA promotional item. The product for 2011 is TSA officer symbols, plus the gavel and block.

Photographic Technology: The theme for 2011 is Doors.

Prepared Presentation: “Snapshot of Innovation”

Promotional Graphics: For 2011 the options are:

• Dragster Design
• CAD 2D, Architecture
• Promotional Graphics

Transportation Modeling: Design and produce a custom golf cart.

Webmaster
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