teacher/mentor institute rm best season carolyn bauer august 5-6, 2013
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Teacher/Mentor InstituteTeacher/Mentor Institute
RM BEST SeasonRM BEST Season
Carolyn BauerCarolyn Bauer
August 5-6, 2013August 5-6, 2013
Your Team’s T-shirts
Team T-shirt opportunity with Artistic Team T-shirt opportunity with Artistic ApparelApparel Gatekeeper mascotGatekeeper mascot Your team nameYour team name T-shirt color you selectT-shirt color you select $10.00 per shirt$10.00 per shirt Adding additional info (e.g., sponsor, school Adding additional info (e.g., sponsor, school
mascot) will cost extra mascot) will cost extra Ready to pick up at Kickoff if ordered by Sept. 3!Ready to pick up at Kickoff if ordered by Sept. 3! All needed information in T-shirt packetAll needed information in T-shirt packet
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2013 Event Schedule
Kickoff Saturday, September 14 Denver South High School
Deadline for registering for BEST Award Saturday, October 5 RSVP to
[email protected], 720.250.6896
Practice Day Saturday, October 19 Denver South High School
BEST Award - Marketing Presentations Friday, October 25 Metro State University of
Denver campus Times arranged with
[email protected] , 303.556.4133 prior to Friday, October 11
Game Day Saturday, October 26 Auraria Campus Events
Center
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Kickoff Details
Saturday, September 14 12:00 (Noon) until 4:00 p.m. Denver South High School
1700 East Louisiana Avenue Use doors on the south end - near gym (look for balloons)
Game will be revealed – Gatekeeper See Game floor and prototype robot demo Goal - Send 1-2 team members to each of the breakout
sessions Retrieve your 2013 Kickoff Files – a treasure chest of
information – from our website & from a kickoff volunteer BRING A MEMORY STICK
Receive your software licenses and keys – don’t lose them! Pick-up your Robot Kit (consumable & returnable)
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Bring to Kickoff
Students/Mentors – enough to attend all breakout sessions MEMORY STICK Food
Bring food and / or money for food Student organizations will have some food to sell
Forms to turn in at registration table: Returnable Kit Agreement Request for Loan of Returnable Kit Signed Consent and Release forms for teachers,
mentors and students Reference RM BEST Consent and Release Policy
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Gatekeeper 2013Gatekeeper 2013
Mascot for Gatekeeper 2013Mascot for Gatekeeper 2013 Robot is moving around a Robot is moving around a
manufacturing floormanufacturing floor Enjoy the poster of this year’s mascotEnjoy the poster of this year’s mascot Here’s a jpg of itHere’s a jpg of it
Kickoff Breakout Sessions
Project Engineering Notebooks Robot Design & Construction Tips Programming easyC Kits and Rules Control Systems BEST Award BEST Award Marketing Presentation Teacher & Mentor Tips
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Practice Day Details
Saturday, October 19 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Denver South High School
1700 East Louisiana Avenue Use doors on the south end - near gym (look for balloons)
9:00a.m. Team Registration and Robot Compliance Check REQUIRED to submit Project Engineering Notebook at registration Locate assigned Pit Area and get set-up Robot inspection for compliance in pit area Open practice AND a dry run of the competition – multiple matches
Food Bring food and / or money for food Student organizations MAY have food to sell
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Bring to Practice Day
Robot (whether it’s working or not) and Team members
Project Engineering Notebook & Team Demographic Sheet
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
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BEST Award Marketing Presentations
Friday, October 25, 2013, 8:30 – 4:30 Sign up for time slot by October 11-
[email protected], 303.556.4133 office.
Classroom at Metro State University of Denver
What to bring: Presentation in PowerPoint or similar format Four Member Presentation Team
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Game Day
Saturday, October 26 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Auraria Campus Events Center (aka Metro Gym)
7:00 a.m. Team Registration and Robot Compliance Check Locate assigned Pit Area and get set-up Robot inspection for compliance in pit area Have Team Photo with robot taken Set-up BEST Award Team Exhibit
Food Buy food in Tivoli Center or bring your own Pizza is being provided for the teams (2 slices/person)
Parking on campus near Tivoli Center
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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 team & 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
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Game Day
Forms to submit: 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
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After Game Day
We will send to you: Your Team Photo Additional medallions as needed All your score sheets
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BEST Regionals
Who gets invited to attend Top teams in BEST Award Top teams in Robot Competition Exact number of teams TBD
Dates – December 6 & 7, 2013 Location – University of Arkansas
Ft. Smith, Arkansas
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BEST WebsitesBEST Websites
The BEST Robotics, Inc. (BRI) national website The BEST Robotics, Inc. (BRI) national website contains all the information you will need to contains all the information you will need to understand the overall program, how the understand the overall program, how the competition works, links to other resources competition works, links to other resources (e.g., VEX), an FAQ section, and many (e.g., VEX), an FAQ section, and many resourcesresources
The Rocky Mountain BEST website is our local The Rocky Mountain BEST website is our local website and it contains local information (e.g., website and it contains local information (e.g., Calendar of events, history, local contact Calendar of events, history, local contact information, etc.) and links to BRI’s websiteinformation, etc.) and links to BRI’s website
Page Page 1717See the BRI Website Map
Rocky Mountain BEST Rocky Mountain BEST websitewebsite
Page Page 1818See the RM BEST Website Map
Summary of Web Summary of Web ResourcesResources
Rocky Mountain BEST: http://rockymountainbest.org/
BEST Robotics, Inc.: http://best.eng.auburn.edu/
easyC V4 Programming Software: http://www.intelitekdownloads.com/easyCV4/
Vex Robotics: http://www.vexrobotics.com/
Eventbright (Team Registration): http://rmbest.eventbrite.com
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