Notre Dame’s VEX IQ Robotics teams (Bumble Bees) earned big wins over the weekend as team 3333P, which entered the competition as the no.-1 seed, was the overall winner with a score of 138, the highest score thus far in Michigan. Team 3333Q was the fourth seed and took second place.
The competition was held Saturday, January 31, at Nissan Americas’ North American Technical Center in Farmington Hills.
Event winner 3333P also won the programming skills award with a score of 94, placing them second in the world for the elementary Division. Team 3333Q earned the robot skills award with a score of 132, the fifth highest score in the world for the middle school division.
In addition, Bumble Bees team 3333X won the design award for their outstanding engineering design notebook and judges interview.
About the VEX IQ Challenge
The VEX IQ Challenge, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, is a brand new STEM program for elementary and middle school students (ages 8-14). Students, with guidance from their teachers and mentors, will build a robot using the VEX IQ robotics platform to solve an engineering challenge that is presented in the form of a game. VEX IQ Challenge teams will work together scoring points in Teamwork Matches, and also display their robot’s skills individually in driver controlled and autonomous Skills Challenges. In addition to building robots, the VEX IQ Challenge will encourage students to actively learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics with a STEM themed research project that consists of a written or media presentation.
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.
(February 2, 2015)