Welcome to the
Event Partner Summit
July 10, 2013
Mission & Vision: What We Do
Robotics Education & Competition Foundation
seeks to increase student interest and involvement
in STEM by engaging them in hands-on,
sustainable and affordable curriculum-based
robotics engineering programs worldwide.
REC Foundation’s STEM Pipeline
A Comprehensive Learning Platform from K to College
C++
Linux
Elementary
Middle School
High School
Post Secondary
Workforce
Network of Partners
Curriculum
partners
Event
partners
Postsecondary
education
Government
Extracurricular
providers
K-12
educators
and
administrators
Industry
Team Growth by Program
Total Number of Teams by Year
8000
7000
7336
Botball
BEST
FRC
6000
FTC
5000
VEX
4000
2528
2581
3000
2000
348
1050
1000
0
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Total Number of Teams
2012-2013 Year
8000
7336
Botball
7000
6000
5000
BEST
FRC
FTC
VEX
4000
3000
2541
2000
1050
1000
348
0
2012-13
2581
Largest
classroom-based
robotics competition
program in the world
Over 7,300 teams
competing in the
official 2012/2013
Season
Developing
pipeline from middle
school to high school
to college
Affordable, Accessible,
Educational,
Do-able, Safe,
Classroom &
Competition,
Life Skills
Over 7,300
schools using the
VEX Robotics Platform
Over 4,800
registered teams in
2011/2012 season
Over 1,000 additional
teams are using VEX in
other programs
67% of teams
in High School
23% of teams
in Middle School
6% of teams
in Elementary School
4% of teams in
College Challenge
VEX Robotics Competition
April 17 - 20, 2013
Asian Robotics
Championship
Latin American
Championship
Pan Pacific
Championship
United States
Championship
NATIONAL
Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto
Rico, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
REGIONAL
(State Championship Model)
LOCAL
REC Foundation Sponsors
REC Foundation Program Partners
VEX Classroom Partners
and many more…
News & Program Updates
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Adding new regional sponsors, partners and staff
VEX IQ Challenge
State / National / World Championships
Team grants:
– Expanded partnership with Northrop Grumman
Foundation
– Texas Workforce Commission Grant
• REC Foundation Scholarship Program
– Nearly $1 million and growing
– Top colleges, universities and corporate partners
New Resources
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Layout Templates
2013 Re-cap Video
State Program Book
Awards Certificates
PR materials
More to come…
New Resources
REC Foundation
Provides
Roboticseducation.org
Team Grants
Scholarship Program
Educator & Participant
Resources
Sponsors & Partners
STEM Hall of Fame
Contact Information
Great Online
Resources:
&
RobotEvents.com
Promote STEM events
Serve Multiple Programs
Community Forums
Online Registration
Online Challenges
Global Reach
Map Search
Roboticseducation.org
RobotEvents.com
Thank you!
Team Growth by Program
Total Number of Teams by Year
5000
Botball
4500
BEST
4000
FRC
3500
FTC
3000
VEX
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2011/2012 Competition Impact
23
countries
302
events
6,000
teams
85,000
students
Note: Using REC Foundation total population including VEX.
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2012/2013
23
countries
25+
302
events
400+
6,000
teams
7,336
85,000
students
Note: Using REC Foundation total population including VEX.
100,000*
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