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What is it? |
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The Army-Navy Bridge Design Contest is a special edition of the national West Point Bridge Design Contest, designed specifically for U.S. 6th and 7th grade students. Teams must enter this special contest through a teacher sponsor. No individual submissions will be accepted. |
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Info for Teachers |
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Because of federal privacy laws, the 6th and 7th grade participants in the Army-Navy Bridge Design Contest must enter through a teacher sponsor. |
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Teachers can register as contest sponsors by sending an e-mail to wpbedc1@gmail.com. Please include your school name, state, phone number, and e-mail address. |
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To participate in the Army-Navy Bridge Design Contest, organize your class into teams of one or two students each. Each team must decide if it will compete on behalf of Army or Navy, and then create a corresponding Team Name that has the word “Army” or Navy” in it. (The Team Name can have up to 15 characters.) |
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Each team should then follow the instructions below to enter the contest. Teams may upload as many designs as like until the Qualifying Round ends on March 25, 2013. |
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| How to Enter |
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If you are a U.S. 6th grade or 7th grade student, you can enter the Army-Navy Bridge Design Contest by doing the following: |
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Form a team of one or two students. |
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Create a Team Name that has the word “Army” or Navy” in it, depending on whether your team will compete on behalf or Army or Navy. |
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Follow these instructions to register for the contest. |
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If the West Point Bridge Designer 2013 software is not already installed on your computer, download and install it now. |
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Use the West Point Bridge Designer 2013 to design a bridge and save it as a “bridge design file.” Your goal is to design the least expensive bridge that passes the load test. |
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Upload your design to our website for judging, using the upload feature on your Team Home Page. You may upload as many designs as you like until the Qualifying Round ends on March 25, 2013. |
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| How to Win |
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After the Qualifying Round is over, the top ten Army teams and the top ten Navy teams will be invited to compete in the Semi-Final Round on April 5, 2013. |
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The top two Army semi-finalists and the top two Navy semi-finalists will be invited to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, to compete in a special Army-Navy Final Round on April 23, 2013. |
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Both members of the top team in the Final Round will receive a special TOP SECRET prize in recognition of their achievement. |
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All teams must follow the Official Rules of the national West Point Bridge Design Contes, except that 6th and 7th graders are eligible, and there is no restriction on the number of teams per school that can qualify for the Semi-Final Round. |
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No participant in the Army-Navy Bridge Design Contest may compete as a member of both an Army team and a Navy team. Doing so will result in disqualification. |
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The U.S. Military Academy
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The U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
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