GEAR - Get Excited About Robotics
Texas Tech University Whitacre College of Engineering
Program overview
Elementary and middle school students (grades K-8) interested in LEGO robotics, engineering, and STEM. Teams must be sponsored by a teacher or coach.
Eligibility
Teams must be sponsored by a teacher or coach; each team must have a LEGO Spike Prime, EV3, or NXT robotics kit and access to a computer/laptop; team size at least 3 students; no individual student sign-up.
Key details
- Organization
- Texas Tech University Whitacre College of Engineering
- Type
- Robotics competition
- Location
- Amarillo, Frenship, Lubbock, and Midland, TX; remote; championship in Lubbock, TX
- Format
- remote
- Eligible grades
- K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Application deadline
- December 20th (annually)
- Cost
- No participation fee
- Time commitment
- 6-8 week challenge; teams meet between once a week after school to five days a week in class.
- Application status
- Registration opens annually in November and closes December 20th
How to apply
Apply on the program's own site. Details here were read from that page and can change — confirm them there before applying.