CANCELLED - 2020 Colorado VEX IQ Elementary School State Championship

Date: 14-Mar-2020 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-VIQC-19-1228
Program: VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
Event Type: Open Tournament
Capacity: 40
Spots Open: 40
Event Region: Colorado
Max Registrations per Organization: 6
Standard Registration Opens: 8-Nov-2019 16:53 EST
Registration Deadline: 6-Mar-2020 16:54 EST
Price: $75.00

This event is closed to registration because:

This event has been canceled.
It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED!

Welcome to the 2020 Colorado VEX IQ Elementary School State Championship!

The 2020 Colorado VEX IQ Elementary School State Championship has been granted 12 VEX IQ World Championship spots:

1 Excellence Award Winner

2 Teamwork Champion

1 Design Award Winner

1 STEM Research Project Winner

1 Robot Skills Champion

2 Teamwork 2nd Place

2 Teamwork 3rd Place

1 Amaze Award Winner

1 Think Award Winner

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 after the results of the State Championship have been posted on 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.

Grade Level: Elementary

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 14-Mar-2020

Venue/Location:

Soaring Heights PK-8
3280 County Road 5
Erie, Colorado 80516
United States

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Agenda

7:30 - 8:00 Volunteer check in

8:00 - 9:00 am Team check in

8:00 - 9:30 am Robot Inspection & Skills challenge

9:30 - 9:55 am Opening ceremony in the large gym (both elementary & middle)

10:00 - 12:00 Qualification matches ( 8 matches for elementary and 10 for middle school)

Skills fields open

Judging in the pits

12:00 - 12:30 pm Break for Lunch

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Continue with the following

Qualification matches ( 8 matches for elementary and 10 for middle school)

Skills fields open & Judging in the pits

1:45 - 2:30 pm Elementary Finals matches

2:45 Awards

For middle school, the afternoon times will be different:

12:30 - 2:00pm continue matches and skills

2:15 - 2:45 finals matches

2:45 Awards

Volunteer

We encourage all teams to have a volunteer at the tournament. Here is the sign up to volunteer.

Contact Alexandra Downing @ [email protected] if you have any questions.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In case of INCLEMENT WEATHER (as determined by SVVSD) the tournament will be canceled and no refunds available.

Refund and Payment Policies

Withdrawing from the tournament? Partial Refunds available up to two weeks prior to the event, minus the $5.00 non-refundable RobotEvents fee. Contact Alexandra Downing to discuss the refund.

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 email the link to the video, including the team number and contact information for the coach, to the Event Partner no later than ONE WEEK BEFORE the tournament date:
Alexandra Downing <[email protected]>
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: events.vex.com/support

REC Foundation Design Award Rubric

Participant Release Form Spanish

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.