Last Updated: Jan 21, 2004

	Jan 21 TV Footage TV footage from 2003 TASC has been added on the left column under Results. You will need Quicktime player to view the file.
	Nov 20, 2003 FAQ is still being updated, keep sending your questions. Last year's winning portfolio is availible. You may download the PDF file here.
	Oct 29, 2003 Picture of bucket type is now available Click here for picture.

This years competition is Dec 6, 2003

Registration for TASC is now set to Friday Oct 3.
Register soon!

Not all links are working, but we'll have all the pages up soon.



Sponsorship
The UVM College of Engineering and Mathematics Design Technology And Science Connection (TASC) Competition is held annually at UVM. The purpose of the competition is to give teams of high school students the challenge and satisfaction of designing, building, and testing a device to perform a specified task. The program begins in September and culminates in December with schools bringing a maximum of three teams (five students per team) to UVM to display created devices. This competition is sponsored by businesses in Vermont and surrounding states.
Goal
The program is designed to help teachers encourage high school students to use their knowledge of physics and mathematics in a tangible way. The competition features many different aspects that appear in the high school curricula: including physical principles such as, work, energy, efficiency, pressure, friction, and inertia; mathematical principles such as functions, minima, maxima, and logarithms; oral and written communication skills; and drawing skills. Teams that carefully consider all of these aspects of the problem, that look at possible trade-offs in the design and that thoroughly test the apparatus, have the greatest success. Teamwork is a critical factor in determining success.