Skip to main content

Guidelines

Updates for the 2024-2025 school year will be continue to posted in the coming weeks as we learn more from SECME National. Please check back weekly!

2024-2025 SECME Guidelines

Theme: Energy Everywhere!

  • The 2024-2025 SECME Regional Competition will be hosted on the UCF main campus. Please refer to the FAQs for more details. Rules and dates are subject to change.
  • Each school/organization may bring a maximum of 15 students to the SECME Regional Competition at UCF. Each student may participate in a maximum of 3 events ON SITE (mousetrap car, water bottle rocket, glider, bridge, egg drop).
  • The minimum number of students that must be registered from a school/organization is 3.
  • Click HERE to register for the SECME Regional Competition at UCF! (Registration opens in October)

National Events

The 2024-2025 National Guidelines are not yet available. Below is information from the 2023-2024 school year. Please use this information as well as last year’s guidelines to get started and updates will be posted ASAP. Access to the guidelines can be found at the SECME National website.

Essay Competition
  • Grades K-2 Illustration with 2 sentence caption and cover page
  • Grades 3-12 Essay with Works Cited and cover page
  • Only 1 student per essay/vision board and maximum 5 essays/illustrations per school
  • Entries submitted prior to Regional Competition (see Important Dates)
Mousetrap Car Competition
  • Must have 3 students per team and maximum 2 teams per elementary school or 3 teams per middle/high school
  • Mousetrap car kits available at: Kelvin Mousetrap Racer Kit
  • Engineering Notebook to be submitted at Regional Competition
  • Presentation to be submitted prior to Regional Competition (see Important Dates)
  • Video of presentation only necessary for elementary team that proceeds to the National Competition
  • Train the Trainer Presentation (2017-2018): Mousetrap Car Construction Step by Step 
Water Rocketry Competition
  • Must have 3 students per team and maximum 2 teams per elementary school or 3 teams per middle/high school
  • Engineering Notebook to be submitted at Regional Competition
  • Presentation to be submitted prior to Regional Competition (see Important Dates)
  • Video of presentation only necessary for teams who proceed to the National Competition (all grade levels)
  • Past Train the Trainer Presentation: Water Bottle Rocketry – A Beginner’s Guide
Poster Competition
  • Maximum of 1 poster per school submitted by an individual student
  • Electronic PDF submission of poster and video presentation prior to Regional Competition (see Important Dates)

Local Events

The 2024-2025 guidelines for local events are now available!

Banner Competition
Bridge Competition
Egg Drop Competition
Energy Transfer Machine Competition
Glider Competition
  • Must have 3 students per team and a maximum of 3 teams per school; minimum of 1 student per team must be present to compete
  • Gliders submitted at Regional Competition
  • 2024-2025 Glider Competition Guidelines (Coming Soon!)
  • Important Glider Concepts
  • 2024-2025 Glider Workshop Presentation
Math Competition

*Guidelines page last updated 9/10/24

SECME SECME Registration Guidelines Results
  • Dates:
  • Opening in October
  • September 16, 2024
    Train the Trainer Workshop Registration Closes at midnight

    – Email STEM@ucf.edu for registration details

  • September 21, 2024
    Train the Trainer Workshop
  • December 6, 2024
    SECME Regional Competition Registration Deadline

    – Schools with student/team numbers must be submitted online

  • December 13, 2024
    Invoice Request Deadline

    – All payments must be initiated with your bookkeeper
    – $20 per student

  • January 17, 2025
    Registration Fees Due

    – Check must be in the office by 4pm
    – No exceptions will be made

  • January 21, 2025
    All team and student names must be entered/finalized by midnight
  • January 27, 2025
    Essays (all grade levels) and presentations (MTC and WBR, all grade levels) due by midnight via your account on the SECME registration site.
  • February 5, 2025
    Energy Transfer Machine submissions due by 5pm. See guidelines for details on how to submit videos.
  • February 5, 2025
    Poster and video submissions due by midnight. Please submit via your account on the SECME registration site.
  • February 7, 2025
    Emergency name changes due by 5pm (name changes may be requested via email only)
  • February 15, 2025
    SECME Regional Competition

    – School/Team Check-in 7am
    – Opening Session 8am
    – Award Ceremony 2-3pm

  • Dates and times are subject to change. Registered teams will be notified via email in the event of a change.