RM BEST Teacher / Mentor Newsletter 4
June 2022
2022 BEST Robotics Season
30th Anniversary BEST Logo
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LAST DAYS TO REGISTER
Summer Teacher / Mentor Training
  • Tuesday - Thursday 12-14 July - Teacher / Mentor Institute – Free Summer Training, St Mary’s Church, 6853 S Prince St, Littleton. More information and register at this link or see details below. REGISTRATION DEADLINE 29 JUNE

REGISTRY NOW AVAILABLE to register your school. Use the steps below. We hope to see your teams this fall!

Eight-Week MADE 2 ORDER Game Fall Hub Season
  • Saturday 17 September - Hub Kickoff Event – Game Reveal, Robot Material Distribution and Training, Englewood High School, 3800 S Logan St,
  • Saturday 22 October - Online Critical Design Review Presentation
  • Saturday 29 October - Engineering Notebook Delivery Due
  • Saturday 29 October - Hub Practice Day Event – Team Practice and Optional BEST Award Marketing Presentation - STRIVE Prep RISE 18250 E 51st Ave Denver
  • Saturday 12 November - Hub Game Day Event – Team Competition, Judging and Optional BEST Award Team Exhibit and Interviews, Englewood High School, 3800 S Logan St
Regional Championship
  • Saturday - Sunday 3-4 Dec - Denver BEST Regional Championship – Qualifying schools by invitation. Finalizing possible Colorado School of Mines venues. More details to be provided.

Please reply to this email with any questions. I'd love to talk with you!

COMING SOON - Made 2 Order Game Teaser Video with 30th Anniversary highlights
Register NOW to Reserve a Spot
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Please Complete These Steps to Register your School
  • Step 1 - Primary Teacher (aka teacher or mentor that registers School) will need a Registry account to register your school. Use the button above to log into your account or to create an account if you do not have one. If a new account, select Rocky Mountain BEST as your hub.
  • Step 2 - Primary Teacher completes this step using the detailed Registry Instructions at this link. Select the blue Register a School button on the Schools page. Select Rocky Mountain BEST as your hub. Find your prior School Profile by selecting your school from the popup list of prior schools. OR If you are registering a new school, CREATE NEW School with button at bottom of the list.
Additional Teachers are associated with the registered school as Secondary or Assistant Teachers via the Registry Instructions at this link.
You’ll receive an email when your registration is approved
2022 Denver BEST
FREE Teacher/Mentor July Training
GREAT as a Refresher OR Build New Skills
PLUS Teacher: 4.0 CEU Option
2021 TMI
Teacher / Mentor Institute (TMI): FREE educational workshop for teachers and mentors for BEST Hub student teams. Hands on mini-team robot build with competition.
WORKSHOP in 2 Required Segments
  1. Pre-Class Reading & Exercises available online NOW (approximately 20 hours effort) TMI Page Link
  2. 3-Day Hands-on Classroom Sessions 12-14 July at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 6853 S Prince St, Littleton near W Mineral Ave and S Santa Fe Dr. 
Register using the button below. REGISTRATION DEADLINE 29 JUNE
4.0 CEUs to qualifying teachers for $35
Please forward to your mentors & teachers! 

BEST Team Outreach Opportunity BEST High School Students
MSU Denver Summer Upward Bound
21 July 1:10pm
WHAT: Discuss BEST experience at MSU Denver Summer program for 9th-12th grade Denver Public School students
WHO:
  • High School BEST Student or Alumni:
  • 1-3 BEST students or alumni / school
  • Up to 3 schools.
WHEN: Thursday 21 July. One session @ 1:10pm
HOW:
  • Each school has up to 15 minutes to describe their BEST experience
  • If a school has a BEST robot to demo, that is a plus.
  • Option to present a team video or website or material from a marketing presentation or exhibit.
  • Possible student panel participation if sufficient interest.
Please REPLY to this email by 1 July if you MIGHT have a student or alumni or more that MIGHT be able to support at MSU Denver.
  • bESTology - Jump start your teams with 10 Weekly web postings for the Made 2 Order game including Game Theme related topics; Class/group or individual exercises; Research, writing, thinking, learning.
  • Current Postings:
  1. Defining Automatic
  2. What Job Where?
  3. Picking Which Way
  4. Control? What Is In Control?
  5. Choosing Your ARMs
  6. It’s A Matter Of Sense(ors) 
  7. Where Are My Arms? Topics Sensors Path Orientation 
  8. Which Way What? Topics Sensors Path Orientation-Gyroscopes Objective
  9. Am I All I Can Be? Topics Function Autonomous Function or Not 
  10. Where’s The Guidance? Topics Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGV) Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR)
2022 Rocky Mtn BEST
Registered Hub Schools
*Rookie School
Online Training
MathWorks Simulink Workshop Series - Self Paced
  • More information to come
MathWorks Robot Modeling
  • 1 hour webinar in September
Training Calendar in development for additional team training webinars.
We'd Love to Hear from You!
In just a couple of minutes, you can help us better serve you

Please use the Survey Website Button to access the simple survey to capture your ideas. No required questions, you may reply to only one or up to all 6 open answer questions.
Please reply to this email to set up a time if you'd like to talk about your ideas.
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