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RM BEST Teacher / Mentor Newsletter 1
February 2022
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2022 BEST Robotics Season
30th Anniversary BEST Logo
We are excited to provide you an early look at 2022 plans:
  • Rocky Mountain BEST 13th annual BEST Robotics Fall Competition with the Made 2 Order game
  • BEST Robotics 30th Anniversary year long activities.

WHAT IS PLANNED:
  1. BEST Robotics 30th Anniversary - activities all year long
  2. Made 2 Order Game Teaser Video with 30th Anniversary highlights - in a few weeks
  3. bESTology - 10 Weekly web postings for the Made 2 Order game - STARTING 28 February (Game Theme related topics; Class/group or individual exercises; Research, writing, thinking, learning)
  4. NEW Spring Autonomous Programming Challenge (5 March - 30 April) - look for details from BEST National - based on Demo Daze game
  5. Summer Teacher / Mentor Institute Training - FREE 3-day sessions in Denver Area
  6. Rocky Mountain BEST Robotics Program - 8-week in person with teams provided a robot kit to build a physical robot
  7. DENVER BEST Regional Championship - working with Colorado School of Mines to use their venues 2-3 December 2022.

STILL TO BE PROVIDED:
  1. BEST Robotics 30th Anniversary - look for details from BEST National including alumni videos, monthly hub interviews, and BESTography and more
  2. Summer Teacher / Mentor Institute Training Schedule and Venue
  3. Rocky Mountain BEST Robotics Program Schedule and Venues AND Teacher School Registration Instructions
  4. DENVER BEST Regional Championship Schedule and Venue

We hope to see your teams this fall!
A list of all the BEST Robotics annual games is available at this BEST Yearbook Page.
Engineers Week (E-Week)
February 21-25
5-8 Grade Students / Virtual Sessions
Northrop Grumman invites all classrooms to participate and recording of the sessions will be made available to those that register at the links below.

Monday, Feb. 21
Tuesday, Feb. 22
Wednesday, Feb. 23 
  • Description and Registration Link:  Virtual / Augmented Reality Time: 11 a.m. Mountain Time Duration: 1 hour Audience: 5-8 grade students
Thursday, Feb. 24
Friday, Feb. 25
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Demo Daze 2021 Game Results
Leaderboard
Check Out How Your Team Compared to Other BEST Teams

Status of 2021 BEST hub and BEST Regional Championship results on the BEST Leaderboard listed below. We'll update you when Denver BEST Championship data availability changes.

HUB LEVEL - Rocky Mountain BEST
  1. Head-To-Head
  2. BEST Award
  3. Skills Award - ONLY 2020 data available
NATIONAL RANKINGS - Denver BEST Regional Championship
  1. Head-To-Head - ONLY Texas BEST available, working to post Denver BEST Data
  2. BEST Award by component
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP -ONLY Texas BEST available, working to post Denver BEST Data