What is
Future City?

Future City is a hands-on cross-curricular educational program that brings STEM to life for students in grades 6 through 12.

Doing Things That Engineers Do, Students Build Cities of the Future.

Using the Engineering Design Process (EDP) and project management skills, students showcase their solutions to a citywide sustainability issue. The 2026-2027 challenge asks students to design a city that prevents, protects against, and recovers from urban wildfires. 

Learn More About The Engineering Design Process.

“I think Future City is an easy way to have students have fun and learn about engineering.”

– 7th Grade Student

“Students research, write, build, think, and work as a team. We have lots of clubs at my school, but I think Future City is the most inclusive of all the things we try to teach our kids.”

– John Boyd
Haynes Magnet School
North Carolina Educator

FUTURE CITY STARTS WITH A SIMPLE QUESTION

How Can We Make the World a Better Place?