Coach's Resources
Coach's Guide
Complete List of 2008 TEAMS Challenge Scenarios
Guidelines to Answer Part II Questions
National Education Standards Alignment
Order the TEAMS DVD
What is the competition like?
What People Are Saying About TEAMS
TEAMS Brochure (pdf)
Coach's Challenge (pdf)
Competition Sites
Coaching a Team
"You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is."
—Dean Kamen, President of DEKA Research & Development Corp. |
Each team must have an adult who serves as a coach/sponsor. The coach is the professional educator with primary responsibility for instructing a team. The coach's role is to help form teams of students, register the team online, and to provide overall guidance for the team.
- An individual may participate as a coach for one or more teams from the same school.
- The coach may be a high school faculty member or other qualified person appointed by the school.
- At least one coach from each school must attend the competition with the team(s).
- Specific expertise in engineering principles and content is not a prerequisite, since this role may be filled by a mentoring engineer.
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Problem of the Month
JETS has developed an online Problem of the Month to help TEAMS participants prepare for the TEAMS competition. The problems will facilitate critical thinking and team development. Click here to review the new problem monthly.
Practice Test Sets
Schools may use previous TEAMS test sets to practice for the TEAMS test. One complimentary practice test set is available to schools that have not previously participated in TEAMS. JETS will mail a practice test sets to new schools once they pre-register online. Additional practice test sets are available from JETS for $20 each by downloading the JETS Guidance Materials Order Form or by calling (703) 548-5387.
JETS Problem-Solving Strategies
The Strategies explain the difference between the scientific method and the engineering method, and introduce the JETS problem-solving method. The Strategies includes a step-by-step process for learning the JETS problem-solving method. This document is available as a Microsoft Word document or as a PDF file.
JETS Decision-Making Strategies
The Strategies explain how quality teams may make decisions using a process called Consensus Decision-Making. Consensus Decision-Making is important to maintain an effective team. The strategies provide activities and guidelines for implementing decision-making strategies into your NEDC program. This document is available as a Microsoft Word document or as a PDF file.
Other Web Resources
ASEE K-12 Engineering Center
Discover Engineering
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
Manufacturing is Cool
National Engineers' Week
National Science Foundation
Pre K-12 Engineering
Understanding Electricity
IEEE Virtual Engineering Museum
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