Maryland State Championship - VEX IQ Next Level Middle School Division

Agenda

Saturday March 2, 2019

8:00 Doors open, registration open, pits open

8:00 Inspection starts, all fields open for practice to teams who have passed inspection
Skills fields open until driver meeting

9:15 Inspection ends

9:30 Opening ceremonies and driver meeting

10:10 Qualification starts on main fields; Skills attempts start on skills fields

12:00  Lunch break  

12:45 Qualification starts

1:45  Skills attempts closed

2:30  Qualification matches end

Awards    part 1

Finals matches

2:50 3:10

3:15 Awards and event closing

Volunteer

We are currenly seeking the following key positions for experienced volunteers who have filled one of these roles at a local tournament:

• Division Manager
• Head Referee
• Head Judge

We will be in need of many Judges, Computer Operators and General Assistants.  We will have training available on-site for these positions.  All volunteers will receive meals, snacks and a free shirt.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of bad weather we will attempt to modify the event to fit within this weekend.  

In the event of a complete cancellation details will be emailed to teams on how to proceed.

There is a scheduled weather date, March 9th, at New Town High School.
Information will be sent out if this is a possibility.

 If the event is cancelled due to weather, we will attempt to make a partial refund to teams  minus the amount already paid out to hold the event.

Look for emails from the event partner and also check our State Championship website at http://mdvex.weebly.com/
  Twitter at https://twitter.com/MDStateRobotics

Refund and Payment Policies

Refunds will be issued up to February 15, 2019. Any teams cancelling beyond this date or not showing for the event will not receive a refund. If the event is cancelled we will issue refunds to teams who cannot attend the alternate date.

If the event is cancelled due to weather, we will refund teams minus the $5 fee that RECF charges us.

If a team cancels at least 24 hours before the event, we will refund the team minus the $5 fee that RECF charges us

Date: 2-Mar-2019

Travel Info

Oxon Hill High School
6701 Leyte Drive
Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745
United States

Webcast

Due to limitations of the school we will not have any live streaming for the Elementary and Middle school championship tournament.  We will attempt to provide delayed broadcasting for your convenience.

 MIDDLE SCHOOL     

Check out the live-streams at
HZR youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/929HZR

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 

Robotics Maryland https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGM_KQo5R_bV1ejAD4Lb7Gg

Please check back for the latest updated links.

STEM Research Project

Stem Research Project

The STEM Research Project Award will be given out at the Maryland VEX IQ State Championship.
Only teams that qualify for the state championship can submit a STEM Research Project video.

 • To be eligible for the STEM Research Project award at the state championship, teams will submit an online video by fiilling out the google form at  https://goo.gl/forms/CnUQdxNoeHSu7jz72  by Friday February 15th, 2019.  Submissions will include your team number and the YouTube URL to the video.  Submissions will NOT be accepted after February 15th.

• Only one entry is allowed per team. However, each team in a multi-team school or club program may submit a separate entry. For example, both teams 123A and 123B may submit separate videos, but team 123A may not submit two videos.

This link provides instructions on how to upload videos to YouTube.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/57407  (copy/paste the link into a browser)
 

We require State and Regional Championships to offer the STEM Research project award. Teams must submit projects via video. You are given these instructions in the STEM project presentation link on the Roboticseducation.org web site located at:

https://www.roboticseducation.org/documents/2018/07/stem-research-project-presentation-2018-19.pdf

World Qualifications

Maryland VEX IQ – Middle School has been granted 9 World Championship spots:

1-Excellence Award

2- Teamwork Champion

1- Design Award

1- STEM Research Project

2- TW 2nd Place

2- TW 3rd Place 

If a team double-qualifies for a World Championship spot, the state’s next highest ranking team from the World Skills Standings up to and including the State Championship receives the invitation. World Championship invitations from the World Skills Standings are issued by email after the results of the State Championship have been posted at events.vex.com, and will not be announced at the State Championship.

World Championship qualifying awards and invitations are issued to teams whether or not the teams have expressed an intention to attend the event. Unaccepted World Championship invitations are not offered or transferred to other teams.