January 26, 2008
Prairie Middle School
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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  7:30 – 8:15 A.M. 
Registration
Teams should bring their models in through the main entrance to the school.

8:20 A.M.

Welcome (Gym)

8:30 A.M. 
Special Award and Model Judges arrive

8:45 – 9:30 A.M. 
Judges Orientation  (LGO1)

9:00 – 10:30 A.M. 
Special Award Judging (Gym)
(At least one student per team must remain at table)

9:30 – 10:30 A.M. 
Preliminary Model Judging (Gym)
Preliminary Model Judging Schedule
(At least one student per team must remain at table)
Each team will be judged twice by a team of 3 judges.
 

10:30 – 11:00 A.M. 
Break
Students, Teacher, Mentors and Parents are encouraged to walk around and look at models.

11:00 – 12:30 P.M.     
Preliminary Presentation Judging
(School round and Regional round concurrently)
Each team will be judged twice by a team of 3 judges.
Only team members and parents of team members should be present in the judging area.
Preliminary Presentation Judging Schedule

10:30 - 11:00 A.M.
11:30 - 12:00 P.M.
12:30 - 1:00 P.M.
Rockwell Collins Roadshow (LG01)
This dynamic presentation promotes audience participation as part of "Engineering is FUN" and utilizes all sorts of "toys", such as Space Shuttle parts, frozen bananas, and Mars Rover demonstrations.  Demonstrations relate real-life questions of "Why?" to the ability to come up with solutions.

Roadshow presenter are just a few of the 1000+ Rockwell Collins employee volunteers involved in the Rockwell Collins K-12 program, now in its 15th year.  K-12 volunteers are dedicated to making the learning process more effective and meaningful.  

11:00 – 1:00 P.M. 
Lunch Break
Teams not presenting may go to lunch during this time.
Each team will be responsible for their own lunch. 

12:30 P.M. 
VIP Judges arrive – Orientation 

1:00 - 1:30  P.M. 
Special Awards presented 5 finalist teams announced (Gym)

2:00– 4:00 P.M. 
VIP Judging (LG01)

(5 teams – 25 minutes/team) 

Everyone is invited to view the Final Presentations!
The team of 3 students will present on stage in front of the VIP Judges and an audience.
Each student will have a lapel microphone.

4:00 P.M. 
Final scoring 

4:30 P.M. 
Winners announced (LG01)