Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology
Posted on November 18, 2005 Comments (4)
Photo of the South’s Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) Middle and High School Regional Robotics Championship. The event was hosted by the Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University.
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The competition began in September when sponsor-provided kits of standardized parts were distributed, the game challenge was revealed and teams began to design and build their remote-controlled robots. A portion of these teams also chose to compete for the BEST award, which challenges students to market and display their creations.
In October the teams competed at 26 BEST hub sites in 10 states. One month later, the winners of these hub competitions packed up their robots, displays, pep bands, cheerleaders and mascots and headed to Auburn.
We posted a few days ago about less than exciting outreach efforts. This seems like a much more captivating idea to interest students in engineering.
This year’s BEST award went to Wheeler High School, in Marietta, Georgia. Davison High School from Davison, Michigan placed first in the robotics competition.
Two more regional events are scheduled in the next few weeks. Learn more including how your school can participate next year see.
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June 9th, 2006 @ 7:11 pm
“If a player were to place the ball in those regions, which are 28-30 percent of the goal area, there is not a sniff that the goalkeeper can do to get across to them,”
December 24th, 2008 @ 10:23 am
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March 2nd, 2009 @ 3:51 am
Putting up science competition like the robot competition doesn’t only create new technologies but enhances the mind of students to develop new innovations. As said, it even boost their interest and skills to such field.
May 5th, 2009 @ 11:09 pm
Wow in Brazil, I visit many events like this ;D