TEAMS 2009 Competition
The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College will be hosting the Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science (TEAMS) competition on March 6, 2009. The registration deadline is February 16, 2009. All paper work and registration fee should be submitted JETS by this date. Do not forget to register your teams online at http://www.jets.org. Make your check payable to JETS-TEAMS. The competition will be held at the SET.B Lecture Hall. Registration will begin at 1:20 p.m. We expect to competition to end about 6:00 p.m.
TEAMS enables teams of high school students to learn team development and problem-solving skills, often with an engineering mentor, and then participate in an open-book, open-discussion engineering problem competition. Teams learn how the mathematics and science concepts they are learning in high school are applied to real-world problems.
Teams from area high schools will compete in seven competition divisions based on school admissions policy and 12th grade enrollment, as well as one home division. Participating teams will be eligible for local, state, and national awards. Our site will also accommodate junior varsity teams. Junior varsity teams will also have an opportunity to compete for local, state, and national awards. Other competitions will be held through out the state and nation during the period from the second week in February to the third week in March.
Local awards will be presented immediately after the competition at our site. JETS will announce state and national rankings in April.
Competition Guidelines and Rules
Each high school team must have at least four members but no more than 8. All members must be from the same school.
Varsity teams may have members from grades 9 through 12.
Junior varsity teams may have members from grades 9 through 11.
The first part of the competition will be an exam consisting of 80 multiple-choice questions. Each high school team will work together and will submit one set of answers. Site awards will be determined by the team scores on this exam. These scores will also be used to determine state rankings in appropriate divisions and to select the teams that will advance to nationals.
The second part of the competition will consist of extension questions from the first part of the test. Again, teams will submit one set of answers. Results of Part II responses will be used to determine national rankings and awards for those teams that advance to national scoring.
The same exams will be administered to varsity and junior varsity teams.
There is no penalty for incorrect answers.
Coaches may not assist their teams during the competition and should not be present in the testing area.
Make sure that all forms are filled out properly to avoid disqualification from the competition.
Schools will not be allowed to take any tests or test materials from the competition. The host will mail all test materials to the schools after the competition window closes.
Students are limited to competing in one TEAMS competition per year.
Each school is limited to attending one TEAMS competition per year.
Coaches must register for TEAMS online at
http://www.jets.org or click on the online
registration link below. The cost is $150 for the first team and $100 for
each additional team from the same high school. Checks must be made out to
JETS-TEAMS.
Fees will go directly to JETS this year and not to the host.
Admission Policy
1. Open
A school is 0PEN if it admits all students.
Some parochial high schools will fit this category, but those that require
students to maintain certain grades or take an
admission test are considered SELECTIVE.
2. Selective
A school or program is SELECTIVE if a
student's admission is , to any degree, based on academic criteria such as
grades, GPA, admission pre-testing or other means.
Enrollment
Count only the number of students in grade 12, as of the
last school day of September of the current academic year.
All high schools must indicate their division when registering for the TEAMS competition. These divisions will be used to determine state and national rankings.
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Admissions |
OPEN |
SELECTIVE |
HOME |
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Enrollment |
4-50 |
51-150 |
151-250 |
251-450 |
451 + |
4-150 |
151 + |
N/A |
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Division |
1 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
Home |
If your high school is interested in participating in our TEAMS competition or if you just have questions concerning this event please contact:
Dr. Tony Lerma
TEAMS Coordinator
Department of Mathematics
UT-Brownsville
80 Fort Brown
Brownsville, Texas 78520
Phone: (956) 882-6669
E-mail: tony.lerma@utb.edu