10th Annual Robotics Competition at Bridgemont Technical & Community College

 On April 24th, I took my 8th grade Project Lead the Way (PLTW) class (16 students), plus,  21 6th and 7th grade to Bridgemont's 10th Annual Robotics Competition. Normally, there are elementary, middle school, and high school students from all over the state; but this year, only three schools participated. The April snow kept Harrison County away and Greenbrier County (50 high school students) couldn't make it due to a family illness in their instructor's family. 

My PLTW students competed in all five events - Yellow Brick Road, Through the Woods, Golf, Sumo, and Anything Goes.There were three trophies awarded in each event. My students brought home 10 trophies and also won the top team award.

I was very proud of them, for they did the work themselves. They worked in teams and used critical thinking skills and problem solving skills to complete their robotic projects for the competition. The hard work paid off in the end.