Below you will find information on various programs that support STEM in central Oklahoma and nation wide.
Bot Ball
Bot Ball is a robotic competition for middle and high school students check out their website at https://www.kipr.org/botball.
Cyber Patriot
A cyber security educational program for K through 12th grade. Check out their website https://www.uscyberpatriot.org/.
FIRST Lego League Discover
This is for ages 4 to 6 building with LEGO DUPLO bricks. In Oklahoma this is an in class room activity. Check out their website: https://www.firstlegoleague.org/about#.
FIRST Lego League Explore
This is an awesome program where students from 6 to 10 years old build a robot out of LEGOs and program it to meet that years challenge. Students will also have to do some other tasks, like presentations and team building.
Check them out at https://www.firstlegoleague.org/about#.
FIRST Lego League Challenge
This is an awesome program where students from 6 to 10 years old build a robot out of LEGOs and program it to meet that years challenge. Students will also have to do some other tasks, like presentations and team building.
Check them out at https://www.firstlegoleague.org/about#.
FIRST Robot Challenge
This is a robot challenge for the experienced team. The cost is high, but so is the cool factor. The robots can weigh up to 125 lbs and be over 4 feet tall.
If you are interested in this program, I recommend you find an established team that you can join.
Check out their website at https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc.
FIRST Tech Challenge
This is a smaller version of the FIRST Robot Challenge, but none less complicated. Here students builds robots that are about 18 inches tall and compete in a game style competition. Of course there are other elements to scoring, including presentations, notebooks, etc….
Their website is located at https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/ftc.
Oklahoma Boosting Engineering Science & Technology
Robot competition for middle and high students. No signup cost and robot building materials are supplied, but challenging for beginner through advanced teams.
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