teacher/mentor institute rm & fr best seasons carolyn bauer and tami kirkland july 30-31, 2015

Teacher/Mentor Institute

RM & FR BEST Seasons

Carolyn Bauer and Tami Kirkland

July 30-31, 2015

2015 RM BEST Event Schedule

Event Kickoff Practice Day Game Day

Purpose • Reveal PAY DIRT Game w/ game floor & prototype robot demo

• Send 1-2 team members to each breakout session

• Receive software licenses and keys

• Pick-up Robot Kit

• BRING ROBOT whether it is working or not

• Submit Project Engineering Notebook & Team Demographic Form

• In pit area, check robot compliance & refine robot

• Open practice & competition dry run

• Marketing Presentations (Friday Before)

• Setup Exhibit Booths • In pit area, check robot

compliance & refine robot

• Robot Game Competition Matches and Awards

• Team Judging • Announce Award

Winners

Date 12 Sept, 1 PM – 4 PM 17 Oct. 9 AM – 3 PM 24 Oct, 7 AM – 5:30 PM

Location

South HS, Denver Thomas Jefferson HS MSU Denver Event Center

Attend Teams (Teachers, Mentors & Students)

Teams and Parents, Friends,…

Teams and Parents, Friends, Band, Mascot, …

Food Plan for South HS group to have food for sale

Will have list of nearby restaurants or bring own

Pizza (2 slices / person) & water provided to teams

2015 FR BEST Event Schedule

Event Kickoff Practice Day Game Day

Purpose

• Reveal PAY DIRT Game w/ game floor & prototype robot demo

• Send 1-2 team members to each breakout session

• Receive software licenses and keys

• Pick-up Robot Kit

• BRING ROBOT whether it is working or not

• Submit Project Engineering Notebook & Team Demographic Form


• Open practice & competition dry run

• AM Marketing Presentation & AM Exhibit Booths (8 AM–Noon)


• Robot Game Competition Matches

• Team Judging • Announce Award

Winners

Date 12 Sept, 1 PM – 4 PM 17 Oct, 9 AM – 3 PM 24 Oct, 7 AM – 5:30 PM

Location

Dakota Ridge HS, Littleton

Waterstone Community Church, Littleton

Dakota Ridge HS, Littleton

Attend Teams (Teachers, Mentors & Students)

Teams and Parents, Friends,…

Teams and Parents, Friends, Band, Mascot, …

Food Dakota Ridge HS After Prom Concessions

Will have list of nearby restaurants or bring own

Dakota Ridge HS After Prom Concessions

Bring to Kickoff

Students/Mentors – enough to attend all breakout sessions

Forms to turn in at registration table: Returnable Kit Agreement Request for Loan of Returnable Kit Signed RM BEST Consent and Release and

FR BEST Consent and Release form for teachers, mentors and students. Reference RM BEST Consent and Release Policy

1. Project Engineering Notebooks2. Robot Design & Construction

Tips3. Programming easyC 4. Kits and Rules

4. Control Systems5. BEST Award 6. BEST Award Marketing

Presentation7. Teacher & Mentor Tips

Bring to Practice Day

Robot (whether it’s working or not) and Team members

REQUIRED to submit Project Engineering Notebook at registration

Locate assigned Pit Area and get set-up REQUIRED to submit Team Demographic Form and Robot

compliance inspection in pit area Open practice AND a dry run of the competition – multiple

matches

Tools & safety goggles for Pit Area Forms to submit:

Consent & Release Forms for additional teachers, mentors and students

Student Roster – list of ALL team members for program

Mentor Roster – list of ALL mentors for program Teacher Roster – list of ALL teachers for program Driver list for the day’s competition

RM BEST Game Day Details

7:00 Check in & robot compliance 9:00 Team Exhibits Open 9:45 Opening Ceremony 10:00 Seeding Matches Begin 3:00 Wildcard Match 3:30 Semi Final Matches 4:00 Final Matches 4:30 Award Ceremony & photos of winning teams & robot 5:00 Conclusion of Game Day 5:10 Winning teams meet regarding Regional Competition Teams turn in Returnable kits or sign kit loan form

Invite parents, friends, band, cheerleaders & mascot

FR BEST Game Day Details

8:00 – 11:00 Check in & robot compliance 8:00 Team Exhibits Open & Marketing Presentations Begin 12:00 Team Exhibits Judging Ends & Marketing

Presentations End 12:30 Opening Ceremony 12:45 Seeding Matches Begin 3:00 Wildcard Match 3:00 Team Exhibits Close 3:30 Semi Final Matches 4:00 Final Matches 4:30 Award Ceremony & photos of winning teams & robot 5:00 Conclusion of Game Day 5:10 Winning teams meet regarding Regional Competition Teams turn in Returnable kits or sign kit loan form

Invite parents, friends, band, cheerleaders & mascot

Game Day

Bring to Game Day: Driver list – before the competitions Sportsmanship voting sheet – during the

competitions Feedback forms – before you leave RM BEST Request for Loan of Returnable Kit

(unless you return the kit) We return Project Engineering Notebooks

with Judges’ comments and scoring

After Game Day

We will make available to you: Your Team Photo Additional medallions as needed All your score sheets

BEST Regional Championship

Who gets invited to attend Top teams in BEST Award Top teams in Robot Competition Exact number of teams TBD Dates – December 4 & 5, 2015 Location – University of Arkansas

Ft. Smith, Arkansas

Registration at Eventbrite

BEST registration vs. BRI registration Use your Internet Explorer (or similar) to

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Demographics in 2015

Demographics are gathered when teams complete the one-page 2014 Team Demographics Form and submit it at Robot Compliance Check - waiting to hear if Practice Day or Game Day

We plan to review / verify demographics data

Hubs will enter demographic data in the BRI website for the BRI Annual Report, etc.

Optional former mentor Demographics Spreadsheet available to track team

2014 Team Demographic Form

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School Name: City/State:

Most correctly describes school location: Rural Urban/City Sub-urban

Type of school (check the box): Public Private Home school Other:

Type of school (check the box): Middle/Jr. High High School K-12 Other:

Which most appropriately describes the total student population at your school:

1 to 399 400 to 799 800 to 1199 1200 to 2000 greater than 2000

Number of students on BEST team by grade:

K - 5th: 6th: 7th: 8th: 9th: 10th: 11th: 12th:

Number of students on BEST team by race (optional):

African-American: Asian American: Hispanic: Native American:

White: Other:

Total number of students on BEST team:

Number of males: _________ Number of females: _______

Total number of students who worked on the robot: __________

Total male: _________ Total female: _________

Total number of students who worked on the BEST Award: _________

Total male: ________ Total female: _________

Approximate number of students on your BEST team likely to pursue careers in engineering, science,

math, or technology: Total # of male: Total # of female:

Total number of adult mentors assisting your BEST team (NOT including teachers):

This year, is BEST being integrated into any STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) curricula at your school? YES NO

As a direct result of participation in BEST, has your school adopted/developed an engineering course(s) or curriculum? YES NO N/A (our school does not offer engineering courses/curr.)

Of the software provided by BEST Robotics, our team/school used the following (check all that apply):

SolidWorks MathWorks Simulink easyCv4 RobotC

Mathematica HSM Works InspirTech (SolidWorks Training)

School Information

Team Information

Mentor, Curriculum, Software Information

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