Registration is now open to sign-up student teams & volunteers for the following K-12 student events.
Students in K-3 - Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo #3Junior FIRST LEGO League Teams registered with FIRST are invited to participate in 3rd Quad Cities Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo on April 11 from 12:00 - 2:00 PM at the Putnam Museum. Each team will have space to setup their Show Me Poster and LEGO Model sharing what they have learned with attendees and a Judge Reviewer Team. Participates on all new teams (not attended QCESC Expo in December), will receive a certificate and QCESC JrFLL Mento. The Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo will be part of the celebration of National Robotics Week planned at the Putnam with area FIRST Teams from all four programs expected to have displays from 1:00 - 4:00 PM along with the Putnam Exhibit Alien Worlds and Androids. Link to Register Team (Free)
Students in Grades 6- 8th - Mousetrap Racecar Engineering & Design Competition April 11 Mousetrap Racecar Engineering and Design Competition is free and open to any Quad City and surrounding area middle level student (Grades 6, 7, and 8). Competing teams must include no less than three students and cannot exceed six students. Multi-age teams are certainly welcome.Link to Register Team or Volunteer (Free)
Students in Grades 9-12 - Trebuchet Egg Throw CompetitionLocal high school teams of 3-8 students design & build trebuchets to launch raw eggs at targets at three, specified distances. In addition, the teams will give a presentation to local QCESC Engineers. Prizes are awarded for the teams with the top three scores, team with the longest throw (current record is 286.5 feet), and team with the most innovative design. Trebuchet is 2nd of three events for the QC Tech Challenge with traveling trophy for winning school and $1,000 scholarship for winning individual.Link To Register Team or Volunteer (Free)
Other Upcoming STEM Events which are free and open to the public:
- March 18-21 - Central Illinois FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Regional - Peoria
38 Teams from the US and one team from Turkey will be competing to qualify for the FIRST World Championship. The QC Elite Team #648 from the Quad Cities will be competing.
2nd Annual regional being hosted at Bradly University in Peoria. The event is free and open to the public.
- Link to Volunteer
March 26-28 - FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) North Super-Regional - Des Moines
Free and open to the public, 2nd annual North FTC Super-Regional being hosted at Iowa Event Center in Des Moines. 72 teams from 11 States will competing including teams from Davenport West and Pleasant Valley High School. 20-25 Teams from the event will qualify for the FIRST World Championship April 22-25 in St. Louis
Link to Information on Volunteering
- March 26-27 - State Science & Technology Fair of Iowa - Ames
Free and open to pubic. World's premier pre-collegiate science fair. The SSTFI is open to any student in the state of Iowa in grades six through twelve. During the event nearly 500 student research projects presented by nearly 600 students are judged. The event culminates with the Grand Award Ceremony where over $70,000 in scholarships and prizes awarded to students for their excellence in research
Information on Volunteering
- March 30 - Iowa Statewide STEM Summit - Des Moines
The Statewide STEM Summit is an examination and discussion of the statewide programs and task-forces underway through the Governor's STEM Advisory Council aimed at providing the best STEM possible to the preK-12 students of Iowa.
Link for Further Information or to Pre-Register (Limited Capacity)
- April 1-5 - Midwest FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Regional - Chicago
54 Teams from four states (IA & IL) and two countries will be competing to qualify for the FIRST World Championship including the QC Elite team #648 from the Quad Cities. The event is hosted at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Link to Volunteer
For further information or questions, please contact Carl Loweth, QCESC STEM Coordinator at carl.loweth@gmail.com or via phone at 563-505-1196
