TIP Challenge
These TIP Challenges help you build the sections of your team's Technical Innovation Plan.
Task Force: International Team
Start Date: Start anytime of the year after your International Team is formed
End Date: Submit a solution by April 30
Individual Points: 10 points per submission, if a document AND survey are completed for each item
Winners: Scored on final product using the TIP Rubric, winners announced June 1. Top awards as high as $1500 per team member in a combination of summer study, travel and college scholarships.
You are in control of scheduling what you want to accomplish and when.
The basic idea for making progress on the TIP is for your team to tackle some part of the plan outlined below, submit that section to your eFolio and seek feedback on it from each other and your mentors, parents, and scientists. Even the staff and STEM Mentors of the Global Challenge can give you helpful feedback! Use the feedback plus your own self-assessment of your work (using the TIP Rubric) to make steady improvements in your work until submitting the final document for Scholarship Awards.
Technical Innovation Plan
Getting Started
Begin by working through these team-building exercises.
Exercise 1: Nice to Meet You
Exercise 2: Getting to Know You
Exercise 3: How to Decide How to Decide
Exercise 4: Resolving Conflicts
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Next, we highly recommend Finding Models from Past Years as a good place to see what judges thought about previous solutions. Then, work your way through all of the following.
Product Description
Challenge 1: Create a Basic Description
Challenge 2: Technology & Integration
Challenge 3: Create a Model
Final Steps & Finishing Touches
Challenge 1: Bibliography
Challenge 2: Appendix
Challenge 3: Title Page and Executive Summary
NOTE: Doing the work of the TIP is a major step toward the longer Global Business Plan. You may submit all the above work with minor editing to fulfill major sections of the GBP.
Questions? Have a look at the Team Challenges Q & A page and if you have a new one, email us!