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VRC and VEX IQ State Championship 2014
Nine Colorado Teams To Be Invited To VEX/VEX IQ Robotics Championship
Students Put STEM Skills to the Test at CSU Pueblo in VEX and VEX IQ Competitions
Forty-six robotics teams from around Colorado competed Saturday, February 22nd in the Colorado VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) and VEX IQ Challenge (VIQC) State Championship. For the third year CSU Pueblo hosted the robotics competition in Massari Arena. The event was the tenth VEX robotics event of the season.
The VRC Tournament Champions, a high school/middle school competition, included an alliance of teams 6252, 1069B and 3946A with students from Berthoud High and Kent Denver schools in Englewood. Team 6252 also swept up the Robot Skills and Programming Skills awards while 1069B also won the top Excellence Award. The Design Award, given to teams with the most professional approach to the design process including documentation in an engineering notebook, went to another Berthoud team, 1069D. A final award was scored by a Berthoud team, 1069E, which earned the High School Judge’s award. Students from Flagstaff Academy in Longmont, team 6709C, received the Middle School Judge’s Award.
VIQC is an elementary/middle school platform new to the Championship this year. Team 974X out of Loveland and 314A from Boulder earned the Teamwork Champions award. Team 314A also won both the Robot and Programming Skills Award. Team 43B with students from Bill Reed Middle School in Loveland won the Design Award and Team 3946R from Kent Denver in Englewood took home the STEM Research Project Award. An all-girls team from Alpine Elementary School in Longmont earned the Excellence Award.
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Colorado's First Maker Faire a Huge Success
Imagine 100,000 square feet filled with demonstrations and activities, many built by kids themselves. The October 5, 2013 NoCo Mini Maker Faire had over 120 makers and 3,300 attendees. Action Works' annual October Robotics event was folded in to bring students and their robots to the Faire. The next Faire will be in Denver in May 2014. To see all kinds of maker news, go to www.nocomakerfaire.org. Action Works is a fiscal sponsor of Colorado Mini Maker Faires.
Loveland Makerspace
Action Works is working to find funding for space and equipment to give students and adults a place and opportunity to work on electronics, programming, game design and more. The goal is to develop a repeatable model for school districts and communities. If you are interested in investing in this undertaking, please contact liz.rayment at action-works.org
