Diocese of Dallas

Developing Students in Christ

Results 2009

Arena Division
1st Place - Holy Family, Animal Crackers, 250 Points, 48.78 seconds
2nd Place - Good Shepherd, The UnKnowns, 225 Points, 37.04 seconds
3rd Place - St. Patrick, Team #1, 225 Points, 38 seconds

Invention Division
1st Place - Christ the King, Red Team, 112.5 Points
2nd Place - Christ the King, Gold Team, 111 Points
3rd Place - Holy Trinity, Go Tigers #3, 89 Points

Rules:

• There will be two divisions

  • Arena (either kit may be used)

  • Inventions (either kit may be used)

• Arena teams will consist of 2 - 4 members

• Invention teams will consist of 2 - 6 members

• Students may be a member of only one team

• Students in grades 4 - 8 may compete

• Each school may enter up to six arena teams and three invention teams for a total of nine teams

• One adult sponsor for each division will be required for supervision

• Registration closes on - to be announced

• NO late registration will be allowed

• NO changes may be made to a team after April 16, 2010, except to remove a team member

• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be awarded for each division

General Competition Information:

• Registration Fee - $ per division (make check payable to CSO)

• Each school who has paid their arena entry fee they will receive 1 practice mat & necessary materials

• Robots brought to the contest must have been built and programmed entirely by the student team members

• Only registered students and one adult supervisor Per team) will be allowed in the team work area

• ONLY students are allowed to touch the laptop/computer and/or robot except when technical problems with the computer occur

• Robots may be programmed using Robolab, Mindstorm, or another programming language

• All students must display their nametag

Location Information:

• April 22, 2010

• St. Monica - Family Center

• Team check-in starts at - to be announced

• Competition starts at - to be announced

• Concession stand will be open

Pre-Contest Sponsor Workshop:

• Information coming soon

• Coaches and or sponsors may attend

• Need to bring a kit already built

• Will be programming the robot and attempting the actual competition course

• Will receive materials if registration fee has been paid (actual team registration does not have to be done at this point in time)

 

2010
	Above information in print format
Arena Overview	Overview of the arena challenge in print format
Arena Rules and Regulation	Specific rules and regulations for the arena division
Bill of Materials	Used to itemize extra materials used, a working Excel spreadsheet
Arena Score Sheet	Score sheet that will be used by judges on the day of the competition
Inventions	Specific rules and regulations for the inventions division
Inventions Score Sheet	Score sheet that will be used by judges on the day of the competition
Entire Packet	All of the above files (except the Bill of Materials) in one file
Contest Mat
Arena Registration	$ entry fee May register up to 6 teams
Inventions Registration	$ entry fee May register up to 3 teams

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