State finalists will compete against other MESA students at our national competition in Pennsylvania in June 2018.
MESA Day Important Information
- Revised NM MESA Day Handbook
- Resource Guide
- Poster Template (Use Technical Support Template Below)
- Budget Template (For use within Project Report as wanted)
MESA Day Qualification Materials
Resources
- competition focus: water
- MESA Day Summary 2018
- NM MESA Day 2018 Handbook
- Design Kit by IDEO
- creating an Academic STEM poster ** from 2017
- SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor ($4.95)
- Soil Moisture Sensor activity worksheet (modified from F. Lopez)
- New Mexico Military Institute (NNMI website)
To successfully code with Arduino, you will need a laptop computer with Arduino downloaded onto it.
- www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
- install your FTDI driver here – this will let your computer read your Arduino PORT
Important dates
Friday, February 9th – qualification deadline, to include:
- a 3-minute video summary upload
- a 3-page project report summary
- technical support materials completed template-
- regional coordinator inspection
Monday, March 5th – student teams are notified of their selection to our MESA Day state competition
Monday, March 19th – state competition regional registrations are due
Monday, April 2nd – state competition team final information due
Friday, April 20th – competition day!
