Westonka Community Education and Services

Intro to Competitive Robotics Grades 5 - 7 Team Managers Nathan & Breana Norton Intro to Competitive Robotics is a program where students in Grades 5 - 7 design, build, program, and test an autonomous robot using LEGO Spike Prime robots to solve a set of missions. Students will learn how to research, problem-solve, code, and engineer throughout the program. Their creativity, ingenuity, and hard work will be presented at the regional tournament. The regional tournament is orchestrated using FIRST LEGO League Challenge, an international organization encouraging robotics in middle schoolers. (For more information on FIRST LEGO League, visit: www.firstlegoleague.org/about) At the tournament, students will be judged on a presentation highlighting a solution they researched and created to solve a real-world problem facing engineers today. They will also be judged on building and programming a LEGO robot that navigates through missions. The coaches will act as facilitators to guide the students and help build a robot, research solutions, and understand core values. Prior knowledge of robotics or programming is not required. Students will learn all skills throughout the program. Tournament Season: Weekly team meetings will occur at Westonka Middle School right after school. We will start meeting at the beginning of the school year and continue until the tournament. Coaches will coordinate with parents if more meetings are needed as the tournament time approaches. Attendance is important as our season progresses, as each student is integral to the team. Wednesdays, September 10 - Tournament Date (between late November and mid-December) No class October 15 Regional Tournament Date: TBD - Parents will be notified once the date has been confirmed 3:00 - 4:30 pm Westonka Middle School | STEM Room #1379-A24F $265 (includes a team t-shirt)