The APPy Open Invitational Presented by: Kanawha County Schools

Date: 21-Feb-2020 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-VIQC-19-8641
Program: VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
Event Type: Open Tournament
Capacity: 100
Spots Open: 0
Event Region: West Virginia
Max Registrations per Organization: 8
Standard Registration Opens: 1-Sep-2019 09:08 EDT
Registration Deadline: 1-Feb-2020 09:09 EST
Price: $100.00

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This event currently has no spaces available.
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General Info

The APPy Invitational was concieved to provide the Tri-State region with a maquee tournament experience that will work to prepare teams for State/World Championship level events. Teams will compete in alliance matches in effort to attain the highest score possible with the competitions given parimeters. Other "team" awards, such as Robot Skills Challenge, Excellence, Design, STEM will be presented as an additional path for State Championship Qualification.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 21-Feb-2020

Venue/Location:

Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center
200 Civic Center Drive
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
United States

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Agenda

Team Check-in/ Pits Open - 8:00 - 9:00

Team/Coaches Meeting: 8:30

Opening Presentation: 9:00

Qualification Matches/ Skills Fields Open: 9:15

Qualification Matches close/ Skills Fields Open/ Lunch: 11:30 - 12: 30

Qualification matches/ Skills Fields Open: 12:30

Skills/Qualification matches close: 2:45

Finals Alliances are announced: 2:50

Awards/Finals Matches : 310 - 4:00

Teams Depart: 4:00

Volunteer

Volunteers wishing to assist in the event day operations/judging are asked to contact tournament director, Cody Clay, at 304-549-0133.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event that an Emergency/ Weather Event causes the venue to be hazardous to attend; The tournament director will distribute sechedule/date/site adjustements to team coaches ASAP.

Refund and Payment Policies

Refunds will be handled in accordance with events.vex.com policies/procedures.

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:
Cody Clay <[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.

VIQC Robot Inspection Checklist

Participant Release Form English

Participant Release Form