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Middle School Competitions

Show off your skills!

All information on this page refers to the Arkansas TSA State Conference only. We strive to provide a competition atmosphere as close to Nationals as possible, but there will always be some variation. For National events, please see the TSA Competitive Events Guide under the "Total TSA" tab in the affiliation portal. You will only have access to that guide after affiliating your chapter.

Choosing Competitions

​Check the chart below:

  • If two of your events are in the same "Block," you will have to decide between those two events.

  • If one of your events is in a "Block" and your other events are in a "Time Slot" of the same color (i.e. Essays on Technology and Animatronics), you will have to decide between those two events.

  • If all of your events are in the "Time Slot" column, you may do as many events as you'd like, but ARTSA recommends you do no more than four.

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Team size: The minimum and maximum students per team

TpC: Teams per Chapter that may register for the ARTSA State Competition

 

Type: Block or Time Slot

 

Prep: What level of work must be done before the State Competition

Prelim: Does this event have a pre-conference preliminary round?

​​Semis: How many teams make it from the preliminary round to the in-person semifinal round?

Coming Soon: Links to descriptions and resources

24-25 Events At-A-Glance

Lab Grown Meat

Biotechnology

Team size: 3

TpC: 4

Type: Slot

Prep: Medium

Prelim: Yes, portfolio

Semis: 6

Father and Son Reading a Book

Children's

Stories

Team size: 1-6

TpC: 2

Type: Slot

Prep: High

Prelim: Yes

Semis: 5

Engineering Sketch

Construction Challenge

Team size: 2-6

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: High

Prelim: Yes, Portfolio

Semis: 9

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Dragster

 

Team size: 1

TpC: unlimited

Type: Block

Prep: High

Prelim: No

Semis: N/A

Robotics

Inventions and Innovations

Team size: 3-6

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: High

Prelim: No

Semis: N/A

Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Technology

Medical Technology

Team size: 2-6

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: High

Prelim: No

Semis: N/A

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Problem Solving

Team size: 2

TpC: 6

Type: Block

Prep: Low

Prelim: No

Semis: N/A

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Technology

Bowl

Team size: 3

TpC: unlimited

Type: Block

Prep: Medium

Prelim: Yes, test

Semis: 16

UX

Website

Design

Team size: 3-6

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: High

Prelim: Yes, URL

Semis: 6

Interview

Career Prep

Team size: 1

TpC: 4

Type: Slot

Prep: Medium

Prelim: Yes, portfolio

Semis: 6

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CAD-

Foundations

Team size: 1

TpC: 5

Type: Slot

Prep: Low

Prelim: Yes, Drawing

Semis: 7

Laptop Keyboard

Cybersecurity

Team size: 1

TpC: unlimited

Type: Slot

Prep: Low

Prelim: Yes, Test

Semis: 12

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Electrical Applications

Team size: 2

TpC: unlimited

Type: Block

Prep: Medium

Prelim: Yes, test

Semis: 10

Reading Aloud in Classroom

Leadership Strategies

Team size: 3

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: Med

Prelim: No

Semis: N/A

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Microcontroller Design

Team size: 1-6

TpC: 2

Type: Slot

Prep: High

Prelim: Yes, portfolio

Semis: 4

Reading Newspaper

Promotional Marketing

Team size: 1

TpC: 3

Type: Block

Prep: Medium

Prelim: Yes, portfolio

Semis: 10

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Technical

Design

Team size: 2

TpC: 3

Type: Remote

Prep: Medium

Prelim: No

Semis: N/A

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Challenging Tech Issues

Team size: 2

TpC: 2

Type: Slot

Prep: Medium

Prelim: No

Semis: N/A

Programming Console

Coding

Team size: 2

TpC: Unlimited

Type: Block

Prep: Low

Prelim: Yes, Test

Semis: 10

Data Processing

Data Science & Analytics

Team size: 2-3

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: High

Prelim: Yes, portfolio & display

Semis: 10

Writing an Essay

Essays on Technology

Team size: 1

TpC: 3

Type: Block

Prep: Low

Prelim: No

Semis: N/A

Car-making factory

Mass

Production

Team size: 3-6

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: Med

Prelim: Yes, portfolio

Semis: 6

Solar Panel

Off the Grid

Team size: 1-6

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: High

Prelim: Yes,  portfolio

Semis: 6

Game Character Creation

STEM Animation

Team size: 2-6

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: High

Prelim: Yes, portfolio & animation

Semis: 6

Computer Games

Video Game Design

Team size: 2-6

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: High

Prelim: Yes, game & portfolio

Semis: 9

Judicial system

Chapter Team

Team size: 6

TpC: Unlimited

Type: Slot

Prep: Medium

Prelim: Yes, test

Semis: 3

Donations

Community Service Video

Team size: 2-6

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: High

Prelim: Yes, Video

Semis: 6

Camera Equipment

Digital Photography

Team size: 1

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: Medium

Prelim: Yes, portfolio

Semis: 13

Crime Scene Investigation

Forensic Technology

Team size: 2

TpC: unlimited

Type: Slot

Prep: Medium

Prelim: Yes, test

Semis: 6

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Mechanical Engineering

Team size: 2-3

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: High

Prelim: Yes, portfolio

Semis: 13

Microphone

Prepared

Speech

Team size: 1

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: Medium

Prelim: No

Semis: N/A

Robotics Class

System Control Technology

Team size: 3

TpC: 3

Type: Slot

Prep: Med

Prelim: No

Semis: N/A

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Vlogging

Team size: 2-6

TpC: unlimited

Type: Remote

Prep: High

Prelim: No

Semis: N/A

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