NRE Robotics Showcase 2021

Teacher/Sponsor Registration Link: Sprint #1 Registration Form

Flipgrid Info: Flipgrid Quick Guide

Due Date for Submissions: Friday, February 5th, 2021

Possible Driving Question:

• • What does STEAM mean to you?

Clarifying Statements:

• • Participants will use technology to solve a series of questions on an online Breakout EDU
  • Breakout EDU link form (use only after you have submitted the Sprint #1 Registration Form above)

Documentation Expectations:

Throughout the challenge, participants should have been utilizing their notebook to document their experience.

• • Science or Engineering Process must be clearly labeled (Ask, Imagine, Procedure or Plan, Observation, Conclusion, Next Steps)
    • Ask: Record the driving question, personal question and/or restate the challenge
    • Imagine: Students should record their ideas, research or other ideas
    • Plan: Students should record their plan (steps, success criteria, data collection, etc.)
    • Test: Participants should record their observations, adjustments, data charts, etc.
    • Improve: Students should reflect on their learning. What went well? What were struggles? What are their next steps or lingering questions?
  • Date and number each page
  • Leave no blank spaces or pages
  • Use black or blue pen
  • Write neatly using best grammar
  • Use text features (diagrams, labels, sketches, captions, etc.)

Presentation Criteria:

Each challenge concludes with a short video presentation to showcase their experience and engineering design process in a 2-3 minute video.

• • Utilizes and showcases the engineering design process in an organized fashion
  • Use relevant, descriptive language and examples to support claims, new understanding or arguments
  • Speaks clearly with specific vocabulary and is easily understood
  • Camera is focused on speaker, robot or other setup to support the ideas being communicated
  • Visuals or demonstrations support the engineering design process, student claim and/or add benefit to the presentation

Teacher/Sponsor Registration Link: Sprint #2 Registration Form

Flipgrid Info: Flipgrid Quick Guide

Due Date for Submissions: Friday, February 12th, 2021

The Creative Visual Arts Expo displays drawing, sculpture, and mixed media works connected to the annual theme of the Nebraska Robotics Expo. This year's theme is Pandas.  All projects must include robotic images in some way. Yearly updates, supporting files and more information can be found at the Creative Visual Arts Expo website.

The Event Criteria:

• • Artwork must be an original creation and include coding or robotics

Clarifying Statements:

• • Participants may use stencils or any media available to them (3D pen or printer, Photoshop, Laser cutter, markers, oil pastels, etc.)
  • Digital Artwork or photographs of sculptures accepted

Documentation Expectations:

Throughout the challenge, participants should have been utilizing their notebook to document their experience.

• • Science or Engineering Process must be clearly labeled (Ask, Imagine, Procedure or Plan, Observation, Conclusion, Next Steps)
    • Ask: Record the driving question, personal question and/or restate the challenge
    • Imagine: Students should record their ideas, research or other ideas
    • Plan: Students should record their plan (steps, success criteria, data collection, etc.)
    • Test: Participants should record their observations, adjustments, data charts, etc.
    • Improve: Students should reflect on their learning. What went well? What were struggles? What are their next steps or lingering questions?
  • Date and number each page
  • Leave no blank spaces or pages
  • Use black or blue pen
  • Write neatly using best grammar
  • Use text features (diagrams, labels, sketches, captions, etc.)

Presentation Criteria:

Each challenge concludes with a short video presentation to showcase their experience and engineering design process in a 2-3 minute video.

• • Utilizes and showcases the engineering design process in an organized fashion
  • Use relevant, descriptive language and examples to support claims, new understanding or arguments
  • Speaks clearly with specific vocabulary and is easily understood
  • Camera is focused on speaker, robot or other setup to support the ideas being communicated
  • Visuals or demonstrations support the engineering design process, student claim and/or add benefit to the presentation

Teacher/Sponsor Registration Link: Sprint #3 Registration Form

Flipgrid Info: Flipgrid Quick Guide

Due Date for Submissions: Friday, February 26th, 2021

This event is based on building or designing a robot. Any robot or coding platform/language may be used to complete the challenge and each submission should match the skill level of the participant.

Possible driving question:

• • What is a robot?

Possible Products:

• • Annotated drawn model
  • Physical construction of a prototype (non-functioning)
  • Physical construction of a robot (functioning)
  • Adaptation of an existing robot for a new purpose

Components of a Robot that must be present in any product:

• • Able to exist in the physical world
  • Moves using actuators (muscles) and effectors (hands, claws, wheels, etc.)
  • Sensors (proximity, light, sound, etc.)
  • Controller (Brain or central processing unit containing code or able to be programmed)
  • Purpose (collecting samples, vacuuming, etc.)

Documentation Expectations:

Throughout the challenge, participants should have been utilizing their notebook to document their experience.

• • Science or Engineering Process must be clearly labeled (Ask, Imagine, Procedure or Plan, Observation, Conclusion, Next Steps)
    • Ask: Record the driving question, personal question and/or restate the challenge
    • Imagine: Students should record their ideas, research or other ideas
    • Plan: Students should record their plan (steps, success criteria, data collection, etc.)
    • Test: Participants should record their observations, adjustments, data charts, etc.
    • Improve: Students should reflect on their learning. What went well? What were struggles? What are their next steps or lingering questions?
  • Date and number each page
  • Leave no blank spaces or pages
  • Use black or blue pen
  • Write neatly using best grammar
  • Use text features (diagrams, labels, sketches, captions, etc.)

Presentation Criteria:

Each challenge concludes with a short video presentation to showcase their experience and engineering design process in a 2-3 minute video.

• • Utilizes and showcases the engineering design process in an organized fashion
  • Use relevant, descriptive language and examples to support claims, new understanding or arguments
  • Speaks clearly with specific vocabulary and is easily understood
  • Camera is focused on speaker, robot or other setup to support the ideas being communicated
  • Visuals or demonstrations support the engineering design process, student claim and/or add benefit to the presentation

Teacher/Sponsor Registration Link: Sprint #4 Registration Form

Flipgrid Info: Flipgrid Quick Guide

Due Date for Submissions: Friday, March 12th, 2021

This sprint is focused on building experience with coding. Any robot or coding platform/language may be used to complete the challenge and each submission should match the skill level of the participant.

Possible driving question:

• • What is code?

The Event Criteria:

• • Complete at least 10 lines of code containing at least 5 different commands or actions
    • Sequences (forward, backward, turn, etc.)
    • Loops
    • If/Then
  • * Any robot or platform is allowed for this sprint

Documentation Expectations:

Throughout the challenge, participants should have been utilizing their notebook to document their experience.

• • Science or Engineering Process must be clearly labeled (Ask, Imagine, Procedure or Plan, Observation, Conclusion, Next Steps)
    • Ask: Record the driving question, personal question and/or restate the challenge
    • Imagine: Students should record their ideas, research or other ideas
    • Plan: Students should record their plan (steps, success criteria, data collection, etc.)
    • Test: Participants should record their observations, adjustments, data charts, etc.
    • Improve: Students should reflect on their learning. What went well? What were struggles? What are their next steps or lingering questions?
  • Date and number each page
  • Leave no blank spaces or pages
  • Use black or blue pen
  • Write neatly using best grammar
  • Use text features (diagrams, labels, sketches, captions, etc.)

Presentation Criteria:

Each challenge concludes with a short video presentation to showcase their experience and engineering design process in a 2-3 minute video.

• • Utilizes and showcases the engineering design process in an organized fashion
  • Use relevant, descriptive language and examples to support claims, new understanding or arguments
  • Speaks clearly with specific vocabulary and is easily understood
  • Camera is focused on speaker, robot or other setup to support the ideas being communicated
  • Visuals or demonstrations support the engineering design process, student claim and/or add benefit to the presentation

Teacher/Sponsor Registration Link: Sprint #5 Registration Form

Flipgrid Info: Flipgrid Quick Guide

Due Date for Submissions: Friday, March 26th, 2021

This sprint is focused on the balance of objects.

Possible driving question:

• • What is balance?

The Event Criteria:

• • Balance objects on a seesaw and maintain balance for at least 10 seconds
  • Ideas (any setup is allowed):
    • Teeter-totter with robot (programmed or driven)
    • Matchbox car and ruler with a can
    • Ruler, paper towel roll, and ball
    • A pan balance with various objects

Documentation Expectations:

Throughout the challenge, participants should have been utilizing their notebook to document their experience.

• • Science or Engineering Process must be clearly labeled (Ask, Imagine, Procedure or Plan, Observation, Conclusion, Next Steps)
    • Ask: Record the driving question, personal question and/or restate the challenge
    • Imagine: Students should record their ideas, research or other ideas
    • Plan: Students should record their plan (steps, success criteria, data collection, etc.)
    • Test: Participants should record their observations, adjustments, data charts, etc.
    • Improve: Students should reflect on their learning. What went well? What were struggles? What are their next steps or lingering questions?
  • Date and number each page
  • Leave no blank spaces or pages
  • Use black or blue pen
  • Write neatly using best grammar
  • Use text features (diagrams, labels, sketches, captions, etc.)

Presentation Criteria:

Each challenge concludes with a short video presentation to showcase their experience and engineering design process in a 2-3 minute video.

• • Utilizes and showcases the engineering design process in an organized fashion
  • Use relevant, descriptive language and examples to support claims, new understanding or arguments
  • Speaks clearly with specific vocabulary and is easily understood
  • Camera is focused on speaker, robot or other setup to support the ideas being communicated
  • Visuals or demonstrations support the engineering design process, student claim and/or add benefit to the presentation