2024-2025 SECME Guidelines
Theme: Energy is 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 now available on the SECME National website.
Essay Competition
- Grades K-2 Illustration with 2 sentence caption and video explanation
- Grades 3-12 Essay with Works Cited and cover page
- Only 1 student per essay/illustration and maximum 5 essays/illustrations per school
- Entries submitted prior to Regional Competition (see Important Dates)
Mousetrap Car Competition
- Must have 2-4 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 as PDF prior to Regional Competition (see Important Dates)
- Presentation to be submitted prior to Regional Competition (see Important Dates)
- Video of car running only necessary for 1st place teams that proceed to the National Competition
- Train the Trainer Presentation (2017-2018): Mousetrap Car Construction Step by Step
Water Rocketry Competition
- Must have 2-4 students per team and maximum 2 teams per elementary school or 3 teams per middle/high school
- Engineering Notebook to be submitted as PDF prior to Regional Competition (see Important Dates)
- Presentation to be submitted prior to Regional Competition (see Important Dates)
- Video of rocket launch only necessary for 1st place teams that proceed to the National Competition
- 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
- Maximum of 1 banner per school
- Banners submitted at Regional Competition
- 2024-2025 Banner Competition Guidelines
Bridge Competition
- Must have 3 students per team and a maximum of 2 teams per school
- Bridges submitted at Regional Competition
- 2024-2025 Balsa Bridge Competition Guidelines
Egg Drop Competition
- Must have 3 students per team and a maximum of 2 teams per school; minimum of 1 student per team must be present to compete
- Entries submitted at Regional Competition
- 2024-2025 Egg Drop Competition Guidelines
- Drop Location
Energy Transfer Machine Competition
- Maximum of 3 teams per school and the competition is limited to 35 teams total (first-come basis)
- Must have 1 to 6 students per team
- Entries submitted online prior to Regional Competition (see guidelines and Important Dates)
- 2024-2025 ET Machine Competition Guidelines
- ETM Ideas and Resources
- ETM Run Example
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
- Important Glider Concepts
- 2024-2025 Glider Workshop Presentation
Math Competition
- Up to 3 students per team and a maximum of 5 teams per school
- 2024-2025 Math Competition Guidelines
- 2015 Test and Keys:
- High School
- Middle School
- Elementary School
*Guidelines page last updated 11/7/24
2021-2022 Competition Theme
SECME 45 Years: Honoring the Past, Embracing the Present to Build a Better Future
- Dates:
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Opening in October
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September 16, 2024Train the Trainer Workshop Registration Closes at midnight
– Email STEM@ucf.edu for registration details
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September 21, 2024Train the Trainer Workshop
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December 6, 2024SECME Regional Competition Registration Deadline
– Schools with student/team numbers must be submitted online
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December 13, 2024Invoice Request Deadline
– All payments must be initiated with your bookkeeper
– $20 per student -
January 17, 2025Registration Fees Due
– Check must be in the office by 4pm
– No exceptions will be made -
January 21, 2025All team and student names must be entered/finalized by midnight
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January 27, 2025Essays (all grade levels) and presentations (MTC and WBR, all grade levels) due by midnight via your account on the SECME registration site.
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February 5, 2025Energy Transfer Machine submissions due by 5pm. See guidelines for details on how to submit videos.
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February 5, 2025Poster and video submissions due by midnight. Please submit via your account on the SECME registration site.
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February 7, 2025Emergency name changes due by 5pm (name changes may be requested via email only)
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February 15, 2025SECME 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.