Robotics Competitions and Resources
The resources on this page include a listing of robotoics competitions and a variety of construction designs and challenge activities. In addition, several resource pages are included on how to write your own design challenges. Other resources included give a more in-depth knowledge of elements and other specifics of the NXT system. Finally a list of books, websites, and multimedia sources are included that can be used to supplement a robotics classroom program.
- Robotics Course Outline | View PDF
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Competitions
- GEAR – Get Excited About Robotics | LEGO Based Competition, Ages 9-13 | GEAR Website
- TCEA – Texas Computer Education Association | LEGO Based Competition, Grades 4-12 | TCEA Robotics Website
- FIRST LEGO League | LEGO Based Competition, Grades 4-8 | FIRST LEGO League Website
- FIRST – For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology | Grades 9-12 | FIRST Robotics Website
- BEST – Boosting Engineering Science and Technology | Grades 6-12 | BEST Robotics Website
- Construction Guides
- Design Challenge Activities
- Design Tasks and Cross Curricular Ideas
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Informational Pages
- LEGO Mindstorms NXT User Guide | View PDF
- Art of LEGO Design | View PDF
- Converting Sound Files to NXT | View PDF
- Statistics for Students Entering STEM | View PDF
- Team Members and Job Roles | View PDF
- Using Data Hubs | View PDF
- Using Bluetooth | View PDF
- Writing Efficient NXT Programs | View PDF
- Multimedia: Science off the Sphere | View Video