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The All-Earth Ecobot Challenge is an innovative engineering competition that engages fourth through eighth grade students in complex problem-solving, while developing critical thinking skills and elevating their confidence in formulating solutions to real-world missions. Teams will create robots using the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 Core Set to navigate challenges based on real-world environmental issues.

The Botball® Educational Robotics Program engages middle and high school aged students in a team-oriented robotics competition, and serves as a perfect way to meet today’s new common core standards.

GEAR provides an exciting hands-on LEGO robotics challenge to elementary and middle school students at no participation fee, with the goal of increasing interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) disciplines while offering mentoring opportunities to engineering undergraduate students at Texas Tech University in an effort to improve their education and increase retention rates.

Get ready for the coolest competition of the year: area students from local teams flying hand-built, remote controlled robots through a challenging series of precision maneuvers - all in under 15 minutes - underwater.

The University of Wyoming and Wyoming’s community colleges provide many opportunities for undergraduates to participate in independent research projects across multiple disciplines such as agriculture, business, education, engineering, health sciences, biological and physical sciences, mathematical sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. Undergraduate Research and Inquiry Across the Disciplines event recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of these student researchers.

The IEEE Robot Challenge is an organized annual event to encourage high school students to pursue careers in engineering. The challenge is to build a robot using kits that are given out at the beginning of the contest

The Sea Air and Land Challenge is a nationwide STEM initiative to introduce high school students to engineering through the use of robotics. Funded by the Office of Naval Research and coordinated by Penn State University’s Applied Research Labs, the SeAL Challenge provides the opportunity for students to tackle a difficult engineering task while in high school and to learn about careers in or using robotics. It also helps educators implement a fun and successful STEM course into their curriculum or as an after school program. An optional free detailed one semester curriculum is available. During the spring semester, teams of 3-10 students design and build a robotic system to compete in the challenge of their choice. As the name implies, students may build submersibles for the Sea Challenge, a drone for the Air Challenge or a rover for the Land Challenge. Near the end of the semester on Challenge Day, students come together to learn about careers and compete. Several benefits of this program include its accessibility (web-based and no cost to register nor for program materials) and support from volunteer engineering mentors and from Navy SEALs and Special Ops. Students may spend up to $500 on their open-sourced robotic system and we show students how to raise the funds. All Challenges to date have been met with great enthusiasm and 94% of the students said this program improved their understanding of the engineering process and 100% of the teachers said they would like to participate again. Berks Co. Intermediate Unit will be hosting this year’s SeAL Challenge at the Reading Public Museum in Reading, PA. Challenge Day is set for Wednesday, April 27th, 2022. Check it out at https://seaairland.psu.edu/.

The Sea Air and Land Challenge is a nationwide STEM initiative to introduce high school students to engineering through the use of robotics. Funded by the Office of Naval Research and coordinated by Penn State University’s Applied Research Labs, the SeAL Challenge provides the opportunity for students to tackle a difficult engineering task while in high school and to learn about careers in or using robotics. It also helps educators implement a fun and successful STEM course into their curriculum or as an after school program. An optional free detailed one semester curriculum is available. During the spring semester, teams of 3-10 students design and build a robotic system to compete in the challenge of their choice. As the name implies, students may build submersibles for the Sea Challenge, a drone for the Air Challenge or a rover for the Land Challenge. Near the end of the semester on Challenge Day, students come together to learn about careers and compete. Several benefits of this program include its accessibility (web-based and no cost to register nor for program materials) and support from volunteer engineering mentors and from Navy SEALs and Special Ops. Students may spend up to $500 on their open-sourced robotic system and we show students how to raise the funds. All Challenges to date have been met with great enthusiasm and 94% of the students said this program improved their understanding of the engineering process and 100% of the teachers said they would like to participate again. Seneca Valley HS in Harmony, PA will be hosting this year’s southwestern Pennsylvania SeAL Challenge. Challenge Day is set for Thursday, April 28th, 2022. Check it out at https://seaairland.psu.edu/.

Get ready for the coolest competition of the year: area students from local teams flying hand-built, remote controlled robots through a challenging series of precision maneuvers - all in under 15 minutes - underwater.

BotsIQ is a manufacturing workforce development program whose goal is to provide a pathway for high school students to learn about rewarding career options in manufacturing. This is accomplished by inviting students to participate in an exciting, hands-on high school robotics competition.

Through a mix of in-person and virtual pathways, thousands across the globe experience the many ways University of Idaho students are making a difference and solving real-world problems at the annual Engineering Design EXPO.

Get ready for the coolest competition of the year: area students from local teams flying hand-built, remote controlled robots through a challenging series of precision maneuvers - all in under 15 minutes - underwater. This year, the competition is challenging students to tackle problems that impact the entire world.

GEAR provides an exciting hands-on LEGO robotics challenge to elementary and middle school students at no participation fee, with the goal of increasing interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) disciplines while offering mentoring opportunities to engineering undergraduate students at Texas Tech University in an effort to improve their education and increase retention rates.

Students get the chance to design, build, Problem solve, develop teamwork and hopefully crush the competition in a 3 minute battle