Alaska Airlines Imagine Tomorrow challenges 9th through 12th graders to seek new ways to support the transition to sustainability. Students research complex topics related to sustainability, then innovate technologies, designs, or plans to mobilize behavior. They forge connections in their communities and create positive change. In this competition, as in life, solutions are limited only by imagination.
Your team can include two to five students in grades 9 through 12. Team members can either all be strong in one field—like science, engineering, design, or social studies—or different members can be strong in different subjects.
- Choose a challenge topic.
Examine sustainability issues from any of four perspectives. Please note that schools can only have 2 teams participate per challenge topic.
- Set your ideas in motion.
Prepare a presentation that includes one or more innovations to address the challenge you’ve chosen. Your project may be a continuation of a project previously presented at Imagine Tomorrow, but you must specify advances made in the time since it was last presented.
You and your teammates will travel to the Washington State University campus in Pullman to present your ideas before a panel of expert judges. Judges include WSU professors, as well as leaders in enterprise and public service from throughout the Pacific Northwest.
The projects will be evaluated in two ways. The first is through a numeric rating system as outlined in the following. Winners will be chosen in each of the four challenge topics. Projects will also be nominated for specialty awards.
Numeric Rating System
The criteria below will be used to judge competition entries within each challenge area using the numeric rating system. Competitors, keep these criteria in mind as you develop your project.
Total points possible: 25
- Objective: 5 points
- Creativity: 5 points
- Inquiry: 5 points
- Thoroughness: 5 points
- Presentation: 5 points
This competition has not yet listed it's awards.
This competition has not yet posted any deadlines.
Overview
Alaska Airlines Imagine Tomorrow challenges 9th through 12th graders to seek new ways to support the transition to sustainability. Students research complex topics related to sustainability, then innovate technologies, designs, or plans to mobilize behavior. They forge connections in their communities and create positive change. In this competition, as in life, solutions are limited only by imagination.
Process
Your team can include two to five students in grades 9 through 12. Team members can either all be strong in one field—like science, engineering, design, or social studies—or different members can be strong in different subjects.
- Choose a challenge topic.
Examine sustainability issues from any of four perspectives. Please note that schools can only have 2 teams participate per challenge topic.
- Set your ideas in motion.
Prepare a presentation that includes one or more innovations to address the challenge you’ve chosen. Your project may be a continuation of a project previously presented at Imagine Tomorrow, but you must specify advances made in the time since it was last presented.
You and your teammates will travel to the Washington State University campus in Pullman to present your ideas before a panel of expert judges. Judges include WSU professors, as well as leaders in enterprise and public service from throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Criteria
The projects will be evaluated in two ways. The first is through a numeric rating system as outlined in the following. Winners will be chosen in each of the four challenge topics. Projects will also be nominated for specialty awards.
Numeric Rating System
The criteria below will be used to judge competition entries within each challenge area using the numeric rating system. Competitors, keep these criteria in mind as you develop your project.
Total points possible: 25
- Objective: 5 points
- Creativity: 5 points
- Inquiry: 5 points
- Thoroughness: 5 points
- Presentation: 5 points
Awards
This competition has not yet listed it's awards.
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