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Girls: Register for SWE Invent It Build It 10/29
Here is a great opportunity aimed at our girl roboteers. The Society of Women Engineers national conference is being held in Philadelphia from 10/26 – 10/29 at the Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia.
As part of the conference the Invent It Build It program allows middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) students to participate in an all day workshop from 9:30am to 3:30pm. The Invent It. Build It! program exposes girls to design process and women engineers through a series of activities. Parents get to learn about colleges, scholarships, other clubs/programs.
You must register for this event and I expect it will fill up so please do so soon. Cost is $7.00 per…
Read More...Watch Vex Worlds on ESPN2 July 20th
Check this out! ESPN 2 will be showing the 2016 VEX Robotics World Championship on July 20th at 9pm. So set your DVR and see if you can find any Vexmen. This is a big step for robotics competitions and maybe you can be on TV next year.
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Read More...Two Vexmen Teams Win Design Awards At Vex World Championships
Vexmen middle school teams 80M Mercury, 80W Warpath, and 92P Phoenix traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to compete in the 2016 VEX Robotics World Championship, held April 20-23 at the Kentucky Exposition Center. To qualify, teams had to win one of the top awards at PA States. Team 80M Mercury won the Excellence Award in Middle School, team 80W Warpath won the middle school division, and team 92P Phoenix won the IQ design award. All three Vexmen teams were judged for overall design and competed strongly in competition. In the end, teams Warpath and Phoenix independently earned coveted division “Design Awards.”
Team 80W Warpath performed extremely well in the VEX Robotics Competition Opportunity Division placing 12th out of…
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