Washington VIQC Elementary School State Championships
- Date
- 29-Feb-2020 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VIQC-19-9966
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Washington
- Standard Registration Opens
- 1-Oct-2019 11:07 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 25-Feb-2020 11:08 EST
- Price
- $125.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
Welcome to the Washington VIQC Elementary School State Championship Tournament! This Tournament will be held at Louisa Boren STEM K-8 school in West Seattle.
Doors will open at 8:00 a.m.
No individual practice fields will be allowed in the school unless a prior RSVP has been granted. Email Matt McGavick [email protected] for approval.
VIQC Qualifying Event
This VIQC event is a qualifying event to the VEX IQ World Championships.
The following awards will qualify to the World Championship:
(1) - Excellence
(2) - Teamwork Champions
(1) - Design
(1) - STEM
(1) - Robot Skills Champion
Grade Level: Elementary
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 29-Feb-2020
Venue/Location:5950 Delridge Way Southwest
Seattle, Washington 98106
United States
Contact the Event Partner
You must login to contact this Event PartnerCode of Conduct
The REC Foundation considers the positive, respectful, and ethical conduct of teams to be an essential component of the competition. Participants are expected to behave in a respectful and professional manner, and to operate as student-centered teams with limited adult assistance. This includes all students, teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, and spectators associated with a team.
For more details, please refer to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct and Student-Centered Policy. If you have concerns about compliance with the Code of Conduct, please speak to the Event Partner during the event.
Agenda
Agenda for VEX IQ Robotics Washington State Championships* (Elementary School and Middle School State Championships Tournaments will be run simultaneously.)
8:00 AM - Doors Open (no entrance prior to 8:00 am)
8:30 AM - Inspection Opens
8:30 AM - Skills Opens
9:00 AM - STEM Project Interviews Begin (assigned times)
10:00 AM - Inspection and team check-in closes. Teams arriving after this nor having passed inspection will not be allowed to play.
10:30 AM - Opening Ceremony / Drivers Meeting (Skills paused during Opening Ceremonies/Drivers Meeting)
10:45 AM - Qualification Matches / Skills Open
12:00-12:30 PM Lunch (Small concessions will be available outside the gym. Outside food may also be brought in.)
2:30 PM - End Qualification Matches / Skills Closes
3:00 PM - Finals Matches
3:45 PM - Awards
4:00 PM - End of Event / Clean-up (please leave Pits clean)
*All times approximate and subject to change. Announcements will be made if times change.
Volunteer
Want to help make the day a success? Volunteers are welcome and encouraged. Contact Event Administrators if interested in helping out. Thanks in advance for volunteering!
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In case of emergency or severe weather conditions that could possibly cancel the event, please visit RobotEvents.com where updates on the event status will be posted as needed.
Refund and Payment Policies
All refund requests must be submitted two weeks prior to event. Refunds will be minus the $5 VEX Foundation processing fee.
Date: 29-Feb-2020
Louisa Boren STEM K-85950 Delridge Way Southwest
Seattle, Washington 98106
United States
Travel Info
The Washington VIQC Elementary School State Championships will be held at Louisa Boren STEM K-8 School in West Seattle. The address is below.
Louisa Boren STEM K-8
5950 Delridge Way Southwest
Seattle, Washington 98106
United States
Webcast
There will be no webcast for this Tournament.
STEM Research
This season the STEM Research Project is presented as a 4-minute video plus 15 seconds of credits that the team records and uploads to SchoolTube, YouTube, or a similar online video platform. A link to the video must be submitted to the Event Partner no later than ONE WEEK BEFORE the tournament date. Follow these steps:
- Please refer to the **STEM Research Project and Presentation** document from the REC Foundation. The document can be found in the VEX IQ Challenge Team Resources area at https://www.roboticseducation.org
- Record the STEM Presentation as a video following the instructions in the STEM Research Project and Presentation document.
- Upload the video to one of the online video resources following the instructions in the STEM Research Project and Presentation document.
- Have the coach or another adult submit the link to the video using the online form below, including the team number and contact information for the coach. Submissions must be received no later than ONE WEEK BEFORE the tournament date (Saturday 2/22/20 at 11:59pm Pacific Time). No submissions will be accepted after that day and time.
- Teams WILL NOT be interviewed by judges at the event, unless the event qualifies teams directly to VEX Worlds. Please refer to the STEM Research Project and Presentation document for details.
- Only ONE submission allowed per team. If two or more video links are sent to the Event Partner, only the first link received will be considered.
- The winner of the STEM Research Project Award will be announced with the other judged awards at the event.
If you have questions about this process, please contact your REC Foundation Regional Support Manager. Refer to our website for contact information: www.robotevents.com/support
REC Foundation Design Award Rubric
REC Foundation Design Award Rubric
Participant Release Form Spanish
Participant Release Form Spanish
REC Foundation Code of Conduct
REC Foundation Code of Conduct
Criteria for registered VEX IQ Challenge teams (Elementary and Middle School) to qualify for participation in championship events.
VIQC Qualifying Criteria
A description of this year's STEM Research Project
STEM Research Project Topic (2019-2020)
A description of this year's STEM Research Project Rubric.
STEM Research Project Topic Rubric (2019-2020)
VIQC Sqaured Away One Page Description.
VIQC Sqaured Away One Page Description
VIQC Robot Inspection Checklist.
VIQC Robot Inspection Checklist
Participant Release Form English
Participant Release Form