GEORGIA FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVING PROGRAM, INC
Teaching students HOW to think, not WHAT to think.....
Georgia Future Problem Solving Program
Winning Groups 2023
49th Year
SCENARIO WRITING
Students write a 1,500 word short, short story set in the future about one of the topics. The first place winners in each division received invitations to compete in the 2021 virtual International Conference.
Middle Division
First Place Independent writer, Carrollton; Title: Sorting through a Robotic Workforce; Topic: Robotic Workforce
Second Place Independent writer, Carrollton; Title: MetaVerse Misconception; Topic: Digital Realities
Third Place STEM Academy @ Bartlett, Savannah; Title: Burning to be Burned; Topic: Throw Away Society
Senior Division
First Place North Oconee High School; Bogart, Title: Flourishing Through a Hybrid Lifestyle; Topic: Digital Realities
COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING
CmPS projects in GA consist of a project proposal with a timeline, a written report, a portfolio, and a video presentation. The first place winners were invited to compete at the International Conference.
Junior Division Team First Place: Project H.O.M.E., Thomas County Middle School, Thomasville. The students raised awareness about homelessness in their community.
Middle Division Team First Place: Literacy from Zero to Beyond, Summerville Middle School, Summerville. These students targeted literacy in their school, at a neighborhood elementary school, and parents-to-be through a local pregnancy center.
Senior Division Team First Place: Saving Georgia's Biodiversity and Native Plants, Independent team, Atlanta. This team of two students raised awareness about the importance of diversity and native plants by distributing seed bombs that they created throughout their neighborhood.
GLOBAL ISSUES PROBLEM SOLVING
Students produced a written booklet following the six step process in response to a future scene set in 2045 about the topic of mining. The first place winners were invited to compete at the International Conference.
GLOBAL ISSUES TEAM
Junior Division
First Place Mary Lin Elementary School, Atlanta
Second Place Stevens Creek Elementary School, Augusta
Third Place North Columbia Elementary School, Applinc
Middle Division
First Place Independent team, Augusta
Second and Third Place STEM Academy @ Bartlett, Savannah
Senior Division
First Place Georgia-Maryland team, Augusta, GA and Poolesville, MD
Second Place North Oconee High School, Bogart
GLOBAL ISSUES INDIVIDUAL
Junior Division
First, Second, and Third Places Stevens Creek Elementary School, Augusta
TEAM ACTION PLAN
This is a separate award for the written Step 6 Action Plan. It is judged on:
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Impact of the Plan on the future scene charge
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Creativity/innovative ideas
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Effectiveness of the Plan in solving the Underlying Problem
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Futuristic ideas
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Thoroughness of the Plan
Junior Division
First and Second Place North Columbia Elementary School, Appling
Third Place Mary Lin Elementary School, Atlanta
Middle Division
First, Second and Third Places STEM Academy @ Bartlett, Savannah
Senior Division
First Place Georgia-Maryland team, Augusta, GA and Poolesville, MD
Second Place North Oconee High School, Bogart
TEAM PRESENTATION OF ACTION PLAN
This is an award for the “skit” GIPS teams create based on the Step 6 Action Plan from their booklet.
Junior Division
First Place Stevens Creek Elementary School, Augusta
Second and Third Place Mary Lin Elementary School, Atlanta
Middle Division
First and Second Place STEM Academy @ Bartlett, Savannah
Third Place Independent team, Augusta
Senior Division
First Place Georgia-Maryland team, Augusta, GA and Poolesville, MD
Second Place. North Oconee High School, Bogart
Creative CAT Award
This award is based on work students do on the Qualifying Problem. CAT stands for Creativity Augments Thinking and is awarded to the student(s) whose creativity stood out on the Qualifying Problem. Dr. E. Paul Torrance, the founder of Future Problem Solving, was a leading creativity expert and loved cats. This award honors his legacy.
Georgia-Maryland team, Augusta, GA and Poolesville, MD
Coach Awards
Freida Thomas Memorial Award
A coach from North Oconee High School, Bogart, and a coach from Barrow Elementary School, Athens
