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Under the guidance of the teacher or other coaches, teams of 4 students in grades 4-6 use the Future Problem Solving Program (FPSP) six step model explore challenges and propose action plans to complex societal problems, such as fads, financial security, amateur ports, the Internet, and genetic engineering.  Fourth, fifth, and sixth graders compete in the Junior Division.  

Teams complete two practice problems (PP#1 and PP#2) and one qualifying problem (QP) throughout the school year.  Trained evaluators score student work and return it with feedback, including suggestions for improvement.  The top scoring teams on the qualifying problem are invited to Affiliate FPS Bowls, held each spring.  The winners of each respective Affiliate FPS Bowl advance to the FPSP International Conference (IC) in June.

This year's topics are:

Other competitions available through FPS: