Parents

Encourage your children
•Contact your child’s school and request that they participate in the competition
•Encourage your child to find two friends to create a team
•Provide outside opportunities to support learning by taking your child to events and places that have scientific or engineering relevance to the competition deliverables
•Watch your child’s team practice their presentation
•Help your child find recycled materials for their scale model
•Visit the scale model displays at the Phoenix main library in January
•Ensure that your child attends the all-day regional finals in Phoenix in January
•Celebrate your child’s team successes after the regional finals
•Continue to encourage advanced learning and team building after the competition