Washington VEX IQ Elementary State Championship

General Info

Congratulations on your great VEX IQ season!

Some details for Saturday February 23rd 8-5 at CWU Dean Hall (map K-9) in Ellensburg, parking in the  L-6 Lot on Wildcat Way across the street.

Pre-Order Shirts for your teams and parents:  www.eshirtworks.com/Vex  If you do this in the next three days it will be waiting for you Saturday at 8:00 am!   IF you purchase them the day of the event you will need to wait in line

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If the pass is continuously closed from 6pm on the 22nd to 4 am on the 23rd  we will be rescheduling for Sunday the 24th of February at the same agenda times.

Please be prepared to travel safely and we will email updates Friday Feb 22nd.

Concessions and Lunch:  Food items, Pizza and Drinks; hosted by the CWU Robotics Club!   They were once in your shoes and are raising money for their projects!

EXTRA PRACTICE FIELDS:  Do not bring extra fields at this time. If you are willing to offer a field as a practice field for everyone to use let us know by email.  Teams may not set up additional practice fields in the building.  The practice area will be visible to coaches from an elevated area but only available to students, you have worked hard all season, let the kids take it from here.

Teams will need to qualify for placement per the VEX IQ rules and regulations.

STEM Research Presentations

The STEM Research Project Award will be awarded at all State Championships.

• Teams will submit an online video submission information to the Event Partner at least two weeks prior to the State Championship.
• Submissions will include your team number and the YouTube URL to the video.  Email your submissions to Arthur Morken ([email protected]) no later than 2/9/2019.  Submissions after this date will not be considered for the STEM Research Award.
• Include your team number, Primary Contact (name, email), and the URL to the video in the email.  The video must be uploaded online and only the website link should be included in the email.  See the STEM Research Project and Presentation document for tips on how to do this.
• 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.
• For more information about the STEM Research Project and Presentation criteria, please review the STEM Research Project and Presentation document found on the REC Foundation website.

World Championship Qualification

This event will qualify Washington VEX IQ Elementary School teams to the VEX Robotics World Championship in Louisville, KY on April 28-30, 2018.  The following awards will earn VEX Robotics World Championship spots:

• (1) Excellence Award
• (2) Teamwork Champions
• (1) Design Award
• (1) STEM Research Award
• (1) Robot Skills Champion

If a team double qualifies for the VEX Robotics World Championships, then the Regional Support Manager will use the Washington VEX IQ Global Skills list to determine the next qualified team from the appropriate grade level indicated on the VEX IQ Championship Qualifying Criteria. 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.

If you have any questions about the qualification process, please contact your Regional Support Manager:

Lisa Schultz: [email protected] 

Grade Level: Elementary

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes