BY DENNIS LINAM
JAN 8, 2015
Competing (2014) MacArthur middle school archive.
Teams of Robot-Building Students from Oklahoma Will Use the VEX IQ CHALLENGE and STEM Skills (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) to Test robotic skills at MacArthur Middle School Gym Saturday. The Robot Tournament qualifications Begin at 9 AM with the finals starting around 3 PM.
LAWTON OKLAHOMA – JANUARY 10 – More than 43 teams including smaller robots call VEX IQ for the younger kids will be on site. The kids are leading middle and high school VEX Robotics students and mentors from around Oklahoma uniting at the MacArthur Middle School Gym on Saturday for the robot tournament The action-packed event will feature teams who will compete with and against other schools in a series of back-to-back robot challenges. Participants will compete for the championship title by strategically executing an obstacle course, driving robots they designed, built and programmed from the ground up using the VEX Robotics Design System.
Competing (2014) MacArthur middle school archive.
The MacArthur robot tournament is one of a series of VEX Robotics Competitions taking place internationally throughout the year. VEX Robotics is the world’s fastest growing competitive robotics program for elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and colleges around the world, with more than 7,300 teams from 26 countries that participate in more than 400 VEX Robotics Competition events worldwide. The competition season culminates each Spring, with the highly-anticipated VEX Robotics Competition World Championship event, uniting top qualifying teams from local, state and international VEX Robotics Competitions.
“The technological economy of the future depends on equipping today’s youth with the tools necessary to become tomorrow’s leading innovators,” said Mike Anderson, robotics instructor of MacArthur middle school. “This tournament provides kids with an engaging hands-on learning experience that promotes a passion for science and technology – instilling in them an appreciation for the field and an enthusiasm to pursue STEM-related education and careers.”
Competing Teams
VRC teams (VRC are the larger robots)
Newkirk Middle School, Newkirk, Oklahoma 6 teams
Meridian Technology Center, Stillwater, Oklahoma 4 teams
Central Tech, Drumright, Oklahoma 3 teams
Canadian Valley Technology Center, Yukon, Oklahoma 4 teams
Great Plains Technology Center, Great Plains Technology Center 2 teams
Boone-Apache TSA, Oklahoma 7 teams
Edmond Cimarron Middle School, Edmond Oklahoma 10 teams
Destiny Christian School, Del City Oklahoma 1 team
Macarthur Middle School, Lawton Oklahoma 3 teams
Summit Middle School, Edmond Oklahoma 2 teams
Sharon-Mutual Public Schools, Mutual Oklahoma 3 teams
EHS/LHS Robotics Team, Lawton Oklahoma 2 teams
Kingfisher High School, Kingfisher Oklahoma 1 teams
Indiahoma Public Schools, Indiahoma Oklahoma 5 team
The VEX Robotics Competition is managed by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation and serves as a vehicle for students to develop critical life skills such as teamwork, leadership and project management, honed through building robots and competing with like-minded students from the community in a pulse-pounding, exciting, non-traditional environment. The VEX Robotics Design System was built from the ground up and designed to be an affordable, accessible and scalable platform used to teach science, technology, engineering and math education worldwide.
More information about the VEX Robotics Competition is available at Roboticseducation.org or at RobotEvents.com.
About the REC Foundation
The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, supports robotics and technology events and programs that aim to inspire and motivate students to advance in STEM education. In addition to operating and supporting competitions for some of the world’s leading robotics platforms and organizations including VEX, TSA and BEST Robotics Competitions, the foundation also provides program support and workshops focused on technology and professional development for educators – including the RobotEvents.com community portal website which helps promote multiple high quality programs and provides online registration and event pages for hundreds of events around the world.
Contact Information:
NAME: MIKE ANDERSON
PHONE 580-678-1427
E-MAIL mianderson@lawtonps.org
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