News & Updates

Congratulations to the 19 teams that completed the 21st annual (and 1st virtual) Minnesota Future City Competition. You did an amazing job!

• Black Hawk Middle School - Emporia
• Friendly Hills MS - Lunar City
• Friendly Hills MS - Moontropolis
• Grandview MS - New Preary
• Grandview MS - Preary Crater
• Justice Page MS - Civitas Stellas
• Justice Page MS - Sol Latet
• Justice Page MS - Stella Cadente
• Mounds Park Academy - Little Prince Crater
• Mounds Park Academy - Liyu Aleti
• …

The Future City "Resources" web page is the source for rubrics, templates, rules, research ideas, recorded webinars, activities, and best practices: https://futurecity.org/resources

This opportunity is an informal conversation where teachers can pose questions and share best practices. The meeting will be recorded and made available to registrants afterwards. It is scheduled for one hour (though feel free to attend for as much or as little as you like).

When: Nov 5, 2020 - 4:30pm CST

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqc-yhqDoqEta3PeekETyNCDT4dCiW4gFm

The Essay theme webinar from October 20 is now available to view.

Future City HQ’s annual webinar will take place Tuesday October 20th from 4:00pm-5:00pm (Eastern). It will feature a panel of experts discussing topics related to the 2020-2021 Living on the Moon challenge, and your students will have the chance to ask questions.

Register here or copy and paste the link below.

• All are welcome to attend this webinar!
• Please share this registration link with your team members!
• For those who cannot attend the webinar…

Check out this series of brief videos!

1. What does “Going Virtual” mean?
2. Future City 2020-2021: City Essay & Living on the Moon theme
3. Future City 2020-2021: Project Plan
4. Future City 2020-2021: City Model
5. Future City 2020-2021: City Presentation
6. Future City 2020-2021: City Q&A…

• November 23, 2020 – City Essay due
• December 14, 2020 – Model Slideshow due
• January 15, 2021 – Recorded Presentation due
• January 25 to February 18, 2021 – Timeframe when live Q & A judging and special award judging will occur
• February 23, 2021 – First Place Team announced
• April 2021 - National Finals

The dream of living on the Moon has inspired humanity for eons. Artists, writers, scientists, engineers, futurists and many others have vividly imagined what a thriving city on the lunar surface might look like.

Today, the challenges of sustained lunar living, while immense, are within our grasp to conceive of and plan for. With the tantalizing concept of permanent human life on the Moon closer than ever to becoming a reality, the award-winning Future City® Competition, now in its 29th year, announces Living on the Moon, the 2020-21 theme for its project-…

Congratulations to the top 5 teams from the 2020 MN Future City Competition:

First Place - Justice Page Middle School, Nuova Venezia

Second Place - Dodge Middle School, Kawaakari

Third Place - New London-Spicer Middle School, Wai Ma

Honorable Mention - Scott Highlands Middle School, Ongaku No Machi

Honorable Mention - Mounds Park Academy, Cote Nouvelle

Congratulations to all students, teachers, and mentors from the following schools who participated in the 2020 MN Future City Competition!

Black Hawk Middle School

Boeckman Middle School 

Cloquet Middle School                      

DaVinci Academy of Arts and Science

Dodge Middle School         

Faithful Shepherd Catholic School

Fillmore Central Middle School       

Friendly Hills Middle School             

Grandview Middle School

Hmong Prep Academy

Justice Page Middle School    

Kenyon-Wanamingo Middle…