GEAR 2009 March 21, 2009

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Event

Kick-off

Competition

Date

Saturday, Feb 14, 2009
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Saturday, Mar 21, 2009
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location

UTSA 1604
UC 1.106 Ballroom 1

UTSA 1604
Convocation Center

This Spring San Antonio BEST will sponsor a robotics program aimed at elementary and middle school students. The program GEAR" stands for Getting Excited About Robotics.

Each GEAR team must provide its own Lego Mindstorms Kit. Like BEST, the competition is free and a lot of fun! Teams have 5 weeks (including Spring Break) to come up with an autonomous robot to play the GEAR game in a head-to-head competition against other teams. Details about the game are kept secret until kick-off. All teams are required to attend Kick-Off.

For more information, please view the SA GEAR website: http://gear.sabest.org or contact Pam Colby by e-mail at pamela.colby@technologyffwd.com or by phone at 210.745.5822.

Team sign up is available via the registration link on this page and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration deadline is Feb 7, 2009. We anticipate limiting the team count to 48 teams.

Below is a list of team-supplied items required to participate in GEAR 2009:

Lego Mindstorms Robotics Kit: http://mindstorms.lego.com/ (1 kit per team suggested team size consists of 5 7 students) Please let us know if your school needs a kit. Thanks to our Sponsors, we have a limited number of kits available.
Batteries

Additional expenses to consider include:

T-shirts (for game day) Optional, not required
Transportation (bus)
Food/refreshments (for the long late hours designing/building the bot)
Food/refreshments on game day
Practice field - build a portion of the game field to practice before game day. Optional, not required

Thank you for your support of this worthwhile program!
SA BEST

Organized by SA BEST

SA BEST's (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology) GEAR competition is a contest held annually to inspire and interest students in the fields of science and engineering. With guidance from adult mentors, local teams of students design and build a robot to accomplish specific tasks.
Each GEAR team must provide its own Lego Mindstorms Kit. The competition is free and a lot of fun! Teams have 5 weeks (including Spring Break) to come up with an autonomous robot to play the GEAR game in a head-to-head competition against other teams. Details about the game are kept secret until kick-off.

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Ticket Info:  

• GEAR 2009 - Team Registration, Free
• GEAR 2009 - Standby List, Free

Official Website: http://gear2009-upcoming.eventbrite.com