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PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
Serving Illinois since 1980, Illinois-Future Problem Solving Bowl, Inc. is dedicated to teaching students and teachers the collaborative thinking skills for success in the
21st Century.
Program options available through
Illinois-FPSB, Inc:
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Designed for grade levels 4-12, the FPSB 4 Person Team component is a statewide, national, and international competitive program.
Students form a 4 Person Teams. Students research topics that have implications for the future. FPSB teams apply the 6 step
process to three topics annually. A future scene or imagined future story prompts students to tackle social, scientific, political,
economic, or technological issues. Teams explore challenges to the future as they refine their critical and creative thinking
skills; select one problem area; produce unique solution ideas; and develop an action plan to resolve their specific problem.
Students then present a 5 minute skit to "sell" their solution to an audience of their peers.
SHORT STORY (SCENARIO) WRITING
Students in grades 4-12 write a up to 1,500 word short story based on one of the yearly topics used in 4 Person Team
competition. As information is gathered and integrated into the scort stories, students personnally experience the impact
of applying what they have learned on the topic to the characters in their own story. Student scenarios are completed and
sent to Illinois-FPSB by the middle of January each year. The first place students in Illinois are invited to attend the International
Conference, in June each year, and represent Illinois. Students may submit Young Author's stories as long as they meet the
Illinois-FPSB criteria.
INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING
INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING (CMPS) an individual student from a school or classroom applies the 6 STEP problem
solving process to real community challenges. This student gains networking skills as they experience the process of change.
School and community are linked more closely together as this student reachs out to solve issues in the real world. A recent
winner from Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale Illinois coordinated the gathering of old cell phones for redistribution
to the elderly in the community. These phones were pre-set to 911 enabling the elderly in an emergency to call for help. The
cell phones were distributed by local law enforcement agencies.
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TEAM COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING
In TEAM CMPS a group of up to 15 students from a school or classroom apply the 6 STEP problem solving process to real
community challenges. Students gain networking skills as they experience the process of change. School and community are linked
more closely together as students reach out to solve issues in the real world. Our team from Alcott School in Chicago during
2002-2003 school year forcused on the West Nile Virus, a critical issues in Illinois. Other teams have worked with the
elderly (Gary School in West Chicago), turned flood plains into parks (PORTA H.S. in Petersburg), and teen race relations
(Danville H.S.).
ACTION BASED PROBLEM SOLVING
Action Based Problem Solving (ABPS) is the non-competitive classroom program for Illinois-FPSB. It is a year long program
for grades K-3, 3-6, or 6-9. ABPS introduces all of the skills of creative problem soilving in a hands on approach. Creative
thinking is encouraged as students generate ideas through a number of strategies. The K-3 program uses Fairy Tales to teach
the process. Grades 3-6 and 6-9 work on two topics, one each semester to teach the students. Previous topics choices have
been: the elderly, water pollution, endangered animals, school safety, anf literacy. Each year teachers have a number of choices
to choose from. At the end of the year, students present their information in an Action Fair (similar to a Science Fair).
INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION
This Individual competition is the same 6 steps as the 4 person team competition only students compete as individuals.
Students qualify by submitting an individual booklet at a regionals for scoring. A single first place State of Illinois student
in the Junior, Middle and Senior Division, advances to the INTERNATIONAL BOWL. This competition takes place on a single Saturday
date in March of each year. There is NO Individual State Bowl Competition. All advancement is now done through the Individual
Regional Competitions starting in March 2007.
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NOTE
WINNERS IN EACH OF THESE PROGRAM COMPONENTS ADVANCE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
Copyright 2010, Illinois-FPSB,Inc. Updated 7-6-2010
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