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Team Engineering Challenge
Saturday, May 8th, 2021
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Registration Deadline: Sunday, April 25th
$25 per team member. Cost includes all materials, supplies, t-shirt, mask, and lunch.
This contest is open to any middle school (5th-8th grade) or high school (9-12th grade) teams of 2 to 4 students. The SkillsUSA Minnesota Team Engineering Challenge (TEC) is a contest designed to evaluate and recognize outstanding students for excellence and professionalism in creative- and critical- thinking skills and the decision-making process needed to solve a problem. Teams of two to four students work to create a mechanism to perform a specified task utilizing various components from the kit of everyday items that will be provided to them. The contest is intended to foster creativity, innovation, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.