April 2018 Team Update

It’s Time for VEX Worlds!

The VEX Robotics World Championship is taking place in just a few short weeks from April 25 - May 1 in Louisville, Kentucky! The daily team agendas, hotel booking site, Louisville attraction site, and much more are available to help you plan your visit at VEXworlds.com (http://www.vexworlds.com/) .

Be sure to tune into the VEX Worlds Livestream to be part of the action in Louisville! Host a team viewing party and don’t miss the big game reveal on Saturday, April 28 for VEX Robotics Competition and VEX U and Tuesday, May 1 for VEX IQ Challenge. Stay tuned on all our social media channels for exciting updates throughout the week, as well as links to the livestream!
LEARN MORE (VEX Robotics World Championship 2023)
https://www.roboticseducation.org/end-of-year-surveys/

Season End Surveys

The REC Foundation is grateful to all the teams that participated this year and we hope to welcome you back in 2018-19.

If you haven’t already, now is your chance to share your feedback with us! At the end of March, we sent out a survey request to your team inviting your input. Please consider completing it today for the program that your team participated in during the 2017-18 season. The surveys take approximately 10 minutes or less to complete. If you’ve already shared your feedback, thank you!
VEX IQ CHALLENGE SURVEY (Free Online Survey Software by SurveyMonkey: Closed Survey)
VEX ROBOTICS COMPETITION SURVEY (Free Online Survey Software by SurveyMonkey: Closed Survey)
VEX U SURVEY (Free Online Survey Software by SurveyMonkey: Closed Survey)
Robot Events

Guinness World Records Science & Stuff

Discover the science behind Guinness World Records! Check out cool robot facts and awesome inventions. Plus, 10 record-breaking experiments you can try at home. Explore the links below to get your copy of this new book or download five new record-breaking science experiments that you can try at home!
SCIENCE & STUFF BOOK (http://bit.ly/GWR-ScienceNewsletter)
EXPERIMENTS (http://bit.ly/GWR-SSExperimentsNewsletter)
https://www.roboticseducation.org/

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Sponsor Spotlight - Northrop Grumman Foundation**

Providing unique education experiences related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for students and teachers is the Northrop Grumman Foundation’s top priority.

The Foundation supports diverse and sustainable national-level programs that enhance the education experience for students and provide teachers with the training and tools they need to be successful in the classroom.
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