Saraland Middle School's BEST Robotics Club was founded in 2014. Our goal is to inspire students to pursue careers in Science, Engineering, Technology and Business through vying for top honors in BEST's regional robotics competition. We are an after-school club open to all 6th - 8th grade students attending Saraland Middle School.
B.E.S.T. Robotics (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) hosts an annual competition where high schools and middle schools compete to perform an engineering task. Each team is given an identical kit of materials with which to build a robot to perform yearly tasks.
This year's task centers around the transportation industry, where each team must transport wind turbines to a wind energy field. The task is complicatedly by the fact that the endangered prairie chicken lives in the path.
The annual competition has two primary parts. The first is the construction of the robot and it's performance on game day. The second has a higher point designation as it encorporates processes similar to real world corportations. An engineering notebook must be compiled, a company formed and divisions judged for marketing, sportsmanship, and the engineering design.
Game Day this year is November 1st. The competition for our hub (Jubilee BEST - the largest hub in the U.S.) will be held at the University of South Alabama's Mitchell Center from 9 am until 5 pm. Over 40 teams will be competing. Please plan to join us and support the "BEST Spartans".
For an overview of the BEST Robotics competition please visit the following website:
http://www.jubileebest.org/
Teams compete in
Faculty Facilitators are Barbara McDaniel and Jennifer Rowland. Join us in becoming the "BEST Spartan"
B.E.S.T. Robotics (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) hosts an annual competition where high schools and middle schools compete to perform an engineering task. Each team is given an identical kit of materials with which to build a robot to perform yearly tasks.
This year's task centers around the transportation industry, where each team must transport wind turbines to a wind energy field. The task is complicatedly by the fact that the endangered prairie chicken lives in the path.
The annual competition has two primary parts. The first is the construction of the robot and it's performance on game day. The second has a higher point designation as it encorporates processes similar to real world corportations. An engineering notebook must be compiled, a company formed and divisions judged for marketing, sportsmanship, and the engineering design.
Game Day this year is November 1st. The competition for our hub (Jubilee BEST - the largest hub in the U.S.) will be held at the University of South Alabama's Mitchell Center from 9 am until 5 pm. Over 40 teams will be competing. Please plan to join us and support the "BEST Spartans".
For an overview of the BEST Robotics competition please visit the following website:
http://www.jubileebest.org/
Teams compete in
- oral presentations
- technical writing
- educational exhibit design
- CAD design
- website design
- video production
- spirit and sportsmanship
... and more
Faculty Facilitators are Barbara McDaniel and Jennifer Rowland. Join us in becoming the "BEST Spartan"