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Philadelphia Regional Future City Competition
A National Engineers Week Program

This page includes the submission information for your virtual city design (SimCity file) and essay package, as well as what needs to be submitted the day of the competition. All the forms you need are available at http://futurecity.org/forms
If you have questions about these submissions or other aspects of the judging please contact Susan Best the Judging Coordinator.

Virtual City Design to be submitted to Mary Moyer on or before Monday December 10, 2012
there will be a 5-point penalty for city files sent after that.
The Virtual City Submission Form must be submitted at the same time; the file on the website http://futurecity.org/forms can be filled in using Adobe Reader, saved and emailed with the city file. Just type the teacher name on the verification line.
To submit your city, a team will only need to submit the single City Tile Square that has their Future City. The file will be "City - .sc4" The file should not be overly large and able to be emailed.
For Windows XP operating system
  1. Go to Desktop folder
  2. Open My Documents folder
  3. Open SimCity 4 folder
  4. Open the Region folder with the name of the SimCity the region (starter region or another region name if used)
  5. Right click the file with your city name and the .sc4 extension to send or drag the file to an email attachment to your coordinator.
For Windows Vista operation system (and presumably the same for Windows 7)
Go to the "Desktop" folder
  1. Open the folder of the user name who Installed SimCity
  2. Open Sim City 4 folder
  3. Open Regions folder
  4. Open the Region folder with the name of the SimCity the region (starter region or another region name if used)
  5. Right click the file with your city name and the .sc4 extension to send or drag the file to an email attachment to your coordinator
For Mac users
SimCity4/Regions//City - .sc4 will be similar. Submit your files on or before December 10, 2012 to Mary Moyer, 610-640-4697 Essay Package to be emailed to Susan Best by Monday, December 17, 2012
  • There is a 5-point penalty for late submissions.
  • There is a 2-point penalty for missing or incomplete Essay or City Narrative forms.
  • Essay Packages submitted after Wednesday, January 2, 2012 will not be judged.

The Essay Package consists of four files:
  1. Research Essay (with List of References)
  2. Research Essay Form (available at http://futurecity.org/forms )
  3. City Narrative City Narrative Form (available at http://futurecity.org/forms)
IT IS PREFERRED THAT THE ENTIRE ESSAY PACKAGE BE SUBMITTED AT THE SAME TIME
Email the files to Susan Best
  • Include the school and future city name on each page of the Essay and Narrative and number the pages.
  • The file names must include your school name (NOT the name of your future city) and clearly indicate whether it is the Research Essay or City Narrative.
Submissions will be acknowledged with a return email. If you do not receive an acknowledgment or have questions related to this submission, contact Susan Best (preferred) or 610 592 4358.

Bring to Competition
  • Competition Expense Form (with receipts stapled to the back)(pdf)
  • Honors Statement (pdf)
  • Media Waiver Form (pdf)
  • Home School Affidavit (pdf) (if applicable
  • Also
    • The Team (3 students, 1 teacher, 1 mentor)
    • The Model
    • Any presentation materials or props that you need
    • Self confidence - you got this far, you've done more than most people your age could do
  • Optional
    • A small repair kit for you model in case something breaks
    • Classmates and friends, especially if they helped out
    • Parents and other relatives
    • Friends and classmates and their parents and relatives
    • Little brothers and sisters only if they promise to be good
    • Big brothers and sisters only if they promise to be good
    • Other teachers or engineers who supported your team

    Click here to access forms on the National Future City web site
    Updated 12/16/2012