This school year, elementary students across Northwest ISD learned valuable problem-solving and coding skills through the Virtual Robotics Tournament, sponsored by the Northwest ISD Education Foundation. This is the foundation’s fifth year to sponsor the tournament.
In the tournament, students were presented with five robotics kits to choose from including a Lego Spike robot, VexGo robot, Dash robot, Ozobot and a WeDo robot. After forming teams and choosing their robotics kit, students had about two months to complete their challenge and submit to compete against other schools virtually.
In each challenge, students created a robot prototype that could be driven, either by code or through an app, through a sequence of challenges to demonstrate a solution to improve the way products are transported and delivered from seaport to consumer. Once students perfected their solution, they filmed their robot moving through the course and submitted their video online.
The teams that scored highest overall for their challenges were crowned the tournament champions. Teams could also win the Go-Go Gadget Award for the creating the most unique or creative accessories, the Design Award for having the most creative and efficient robot mat course, or the Spirit and Sportsmanship Award for demonstrating the most enthusiasm and spirit for their team and others.
A complete list of award winners can be found below. Use the following links to see more photos from Cox, Nance and Schluter elementary schools’ robotics clubs.
DASH 1st – 2nd Grade
Award
Team Name
Students
School
1st Place
Duck Club
Abigail Garrison, Tripp Holland, Samuel Spradlin, Liam Steinberg
Cox
Go Go Gadget Award
Spurs
John Beaver, Will Bruce, Sathvik Nannuri
Lance
Design Award
Daniel 2nd Grade Dash Team 3
Tanley Glover, Deacon Baus, Ava Cooper, Adrian Gadad
