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Teacher/Mentor Institute
José M. LópezRM BEST Executive Director
July 21-22, 2014
Welcome and Introduction to BEST Robotics
ENTRANCE SURVEY
Teacher/Mentor Institute
Welcome
Introductions
Administrative
Lunch/ Breaks
Restrooms
Surveys – Entrance & Exit
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Boosting Engineering, Science & Technology (BEST)
Our mission is to inspire students to pursue careers in
engineering, science, and technology through participation
in a sports-like, hands-on, real-world, engineering-based robotics competition.
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Boosting Engineering, Science & Technology (BEST)
501(c)3 organization
Volunteer based (10,000+)
Over 850 schools and 15,350 students participated in 2013
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Our Vision
Rocky Mountain BEST's vision is to be a regional force inspiring tomorrow's problem solvers by promoting science, technology,
engineering and math skills.
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Rocky Mountain BEST Growth
In 2010 - 10 schools & 124 students In 2011 - 20 schools & 272 students In 2012 - 25 schools & 410 students In 2013 - 26 schools & 364 students In 2014 – 32 schools is our planOur maximum capacity is 32 schools!
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BEST Fundamentals
Any middle or high school may participate for free —there is no entry fee.
Any student may participate.
All equipment and materials are provided at no cost.
Students perform all work.
Mentors guide students through the design & construction phase.
Ted Mahler co-founder
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BEST Robotics, Inc. (BRI)
Headquartered in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University
Grown in 21 years (1993-2013) to 52 licensed “hubs” (competition sites) in 19 states (May 2013)
Orange stars are Regions
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Game Day!
BEST is like a basketball game, chess match, and science fair all rolled into one day,
with cheerleaders, mascots, pep bands, and wildly cheering
adults and kids mixed in.
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BEST is …
BEST is not just about robotics.It’s more about teaching students to analyze and solve problems.
These are the students we need in our engineering programs and workforce!
If you build it, they will fail!
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About TMI
Documents presented and discussed at TMI are available at our website (http://www.rockymountainbest.org/)
Documents are being given to you on a USB drive compliments of
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Notebooks for items that are convenient on paper (1 per school)
Your Team’s T-shirts
Team T-shirt opportunity with Artistic Apparel Blade Runner mascot Your team name T-shirt color you select $10.00 per shirt Adding additional info (e.g., sponsor, school
mascot) will cost extra Ready to pick up at Kickoff if ordered by Sept.
3! All needed information in T-shirt packet
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