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Rocky Mtn BEST Teacher / Mentor Newsletter 2
February 2023

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2023 Rocky Mtn BEST Season
We are excited to provide you an early look at our Spring, Summer and Fall plans to bring our STEM Education Program to your students.

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Incision Decision Game Teaser Video
Incision Decision Game Season
2023 SEASON

Available BEST Provided Pre-Season Training

  • Use this ONLINE Training LIST Link for the available 2023 ONLINE Training Class schedule.
  • Training includes MathWorks 6-week Summer Workshop starting 24 May, see details below.

Fall Robotics Competition Registration NOW Open (Schedule and Venues TBD)

  • Step 1 - Primary Teacher (aka teacher or mentor that registers School) uses their National BEST Registry account to register your school. Use the Registry graphic link below 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 Teacher Registration Instructions 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.
  • You’ll receive an email when your School Registration is approved.
  • Additional Teachers are associated with the registered school as Secondary or Assistant Teachers using Assistant Teacher Registry Instructions Link.
  • Mentors may sign up to be associated with the registered school by accessing your registry account or creating an account using the link below and then using Mentor Registration Instructions Link and Managing your Mentorship Instructions Link
  • PLEASE REPLY to this email with any questions or issues.
SPRING 2023
AVAILABLE NOW

Optional Spring BEST Virtual Challenges - SPRING Challenges Overview Link with challenge descriptions. Provided by BEST National Organization
  1. bESTology - see below for more details
  2. BESTIQ Challenge - Kickoff replay was 26 February.
  3. BEST Autonomous Programming Challenge - Kickoff was 26 February
  4. BEST Minecraft Challenge - Kickoff is 12 March - LINK to REGISTER
  5. BESTography - participation started 1 February.
bESTology - 15-weekly Incision Decision game theme web postings to help your students prepare for the fall competition especially the required Engineering Notebook Research Paper.
  1. Week 1 - Journey Through the Human Body
  2. Week 2 - So just how powerful is our Central Nervous System?
  3. Week 3 - Our cardiovascular system is amazing! 
  4. Weeks 4-15 - one new topic posted each week.

COMING SOON
Teacher Summer Training Sign Up - link to be provided in future newsletter.

MathWorks MATLAB/SIMULINK 6-Week Summer Workshop Registration Instructions -links to be provided in future newsletter.
SUMMER 2023

MathWorks MATLAB/SIMULINK 6-Week Summer Workshop

Starting 24 May at 4 PM MDT, learn how to program mobile robots for BEST Robotics using MATLAB and Simulink through this series of six ~60-minute online classes held weekly. Brought to you by the BEST partner, MathWorks.

Each class will add on to the previous week's lesson, so it is recommended to attend all 6 classes. Time will be provided at the each of each class for Q&A. All are welcome to attend.
  • Although no experience with MATLAB or Simulink is required, the 6-classes are fast-paced and can be challenging especially if unfamiliar with programming, MATLAB, and/or SIMULINK.
  • We recommend using the MathWorks BEST Robotics Getting Started Guide page 2, 3-Software Ramp Up links prior to the workshop.
  • Also on page 2 of the guide is a link to obtain the MathWorks complimentary software. If your team is participating in this competition, fill out the software request form.
  • Make this request at least a week prior to the workshop to allow time for request processing plus WINDOWS software upload and installation if not using online version.

FREE Summer Teacher / Mentor Institute
  • 3-day BEST Teacher and Mentor Training plus ~20 hours pre-class online preparation with option for teacher 4.0 CEU.
  • Pre-class ONLINE June/July + 11-13 July Littleton (tentative)
  • Highly recommended for rookie BEST teachers - mentors or a great refresher for those with BEST experience.
2022 Summer Teacher /Mentor Institute ending teacher/mentor team robot competition.
FALL 2023

Rocky Mountain BEST Hub - 8-week in-person competition with teams provided a robot kit to build a physical robot.
  • TBD September Season Kickoff and Training
  • TBD October Critical Design Review Online Presentation
  • TBD October or November Practice Day with BEST Award Marketing Presentation and team Engineering Notebook delivery due
  • TBD November Game Day / Award Ceremony

DENVER BEST Regional Championship - planning to host qualifying teams from 9 BEST Hubs across 6 states- December Schedule and Venue TBD
Looking Back 2022 BEST Robotics Season
Updates From January in YELLOW Higlighting
Made 2 Order 2022 Scoresheets
Registry Schools Page
Team Scoresheets available on Registry Schools Page

Teachers may access all your 2022 team's scoresheets with judge comments on the teacher's National Registry Schools page -- including the Critical Design Review (CDR) scoresheets if you missed these earlier. To access all your team scoresheets, click the ACCESS SCORESHEETS button at the bottom of the National Registry Schools page and select the season. Although the Registry is now updated to 2023, a team's 2022 scoresheets will remain accessible on the Schools page. See HELP file link below for instructions.
Made 2 Order 2022 Game Results
Leaderboard
Check Out How Your Team's Scores Compared to Other BEST Teams

2022 RM BEST hub and BEST Regional Championship results are available on the BEST Leaderboard pages described here. Click the graphic below to access the website.

HUB RESULTS LEVEL - Rocky Mountain BEST
  1. Head-To-Head Tab
  2. BEST Award Tab
  3. Skills Award Tab - 2022 CDR scores
CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS LEVEL - Denver BEST
  1. Head-To-Head Tab
  2. BEST Award Tab
NATIONAL RANKINGS LEVEL - Hub or Championship
  1. Head-To-Head Tab
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS LEVEL- Denver BEST BEST Award performance highlights
  • Wichita Home School - finished 3rd (highest ranking Denver BEST Team)
  • Broomfield High School - finished 23rd (highest ranking RM BEST Team)
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