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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