Events

The Botball® Educational Robotics Program engages middle and high school aged students in a team-oriented robotics competition, and serves as a perfect way to meet today’s new common core standards.

TEM Discovery is a Council event in which all Scouts from Wolf to Venturers can participate in learning more about STEM in Kansas City and how it can be applied inside and outside the classroom! Get hands-on experience with the latest STEM technologies and have fun while doing it!

At the U.S. Open Robotics Championship teams will participate in: CREATE Junior's Collaborative game (coming soon) for 4th-6th graders. CREATE Junior's Competitive game (coming soon) for 7th-12th graders. VEX IQ Elementary School (Pitching In) for up to 6th graders. VEX IQ Middle School game (Pitching In) for 6th-8th graders. VRC/EDR Middle School (Tipping Point) 6th-9th graders. VRC/EDR High School (Tipping Point) for 9th-12th graders CREATE Drones (coming soon) for 6th-12th graders

One of Mississippi and Alabama’s greatest “Show and Tell” events will be held on Saturday-Sunday, April 1-2 at historic Soulé Steam Feed Works. This event has free admission and attracts an increasing number of visitors and makers from around the region. The Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, in partnership with MAKE: Community, will host the Eighth Annual Maker Faire Meridian. For the past seven years, the Maker Faire has been brought an amazing variety of makers demonstrating virtual sculpting to 3-D printing to robotics to metal casting.

The Thomas Cup is a free event for Maine high schoolers in which teams of five students compete in science, technology, engineering, and innovation competitions for the chance to win their names on the Thomas Cup and receive scholarships to Thomas College worth up to $10,000 over four years. Competition areas include cyber defense, esports, computer science, and crime scene analysis. All Maine high school students are welcome to participate, no matter your experience or skillsets. Thomas College professors, staff, and current students will help you succeed, learn, and have fun. Put your problem-solving skills to the test as your team programs a sensor-equipped Arduino robot to travel through a course requiring some tricky maneuvering, racing against time and other teams.

Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it “the hardest fun you’ll ever have.”

Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it “the hardest fun you’ll ever have.”

Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it “the hardest fun you’ll ever have.”

Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it “the hardest fun you’ll ever have.”

Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it “the hardest fun you’ll ever have.”

Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it “the hardest fun you’ll ever have.”

Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it “the hardest fun you’ll ever have.”

Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it “the hardest fun you’ll ever have.”

Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it “the hardest fun you’ll ever have.”

A season send scrimmage and practice for VEX Worlds