With the announcement of FIRST and Lego splitting on robotics competitions for Elementary and Middle school students, I am looking at other competitions for those age groups. These are NOT endorsements of any program, just links to other programs to look into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
VEX IQ<\/a> and VEX V5<\/a> are both active in the Memphis area and it has a full K-12 program that the students can grow with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lego Education<\/a> – info about the split and, at the bottom of the page is a link to sign up for a news letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FIRST B.E.S.T. Robotics <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n US Engineering League (USEL) Youth Robotics<\/a> they do seem to be associated with the World Robot Olympiad<\/a> (I just heard about this competition…need to look into more)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Botball<\/a> Educational Robotics<\/p>\n\n\n\n National Robotics Challenge<\/a> (I just heard about this competition…need to look into more) Does look like it is only in Ohio at this time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the announcement of FIRST and Lego splitting on robotics competitions for Elementary and Middle school students, I am looking at other competitions for those age groups. These are NOT endorsements of any program, just links to other programs to … Continue reading Lego <\/s>League<\/a> – who knows when they will announce their plans for their new competition but I would keep an eye on THEIR BLOG<\/a> on the “Future Edition”<\/p>\n\n\n\n