2024 Annual STEM Skills Mississippi

2024 9th Annual Competition
STEM Skills Mississippi
3rd-12th grades

* * * The competition is currently full. If you want to pre-register we will add you to a waiting list. * * *

Saturday March 23, 2024 (3rd-12th grades)
Location: Nissan – Canton, MS
All students welcome. No experience required.
Main Event:  SUMO Wrestling Robots
Pre-Register below now.

Video of previous competitions featuring SUMO Wrestling Robotics

Mississippi Robotics is a non-profit organization involved in training youth and teachers in science, technology, math, and engineering through practical hands-on activities. This STEM SKILLS Mississippi Competition is designed to exercise and measure the students’ ability in several important areas involving academic, skill, critical thinking, and strategy. STEM prize awards are earned. 

Join our exciting individual and mystery events.  Our events this year will be selected from:  Robots, Home & Shop Tool ID, Electricity, Math, Science, Binary Puzzle, Measurements, Gears, and Digital logic.  With every event the student can earn points.  Come and have fun with all the events!!!


Schedule for the Day
Check-in 7:30am-8:30am
Welcome 8:30am-9am
Events 9am-12 noon
Lunch Noon-12:30pm
SUMO Finals 12:30pm-2pm
Awards 2pm-3pm

 


Event Details and Rules coming soon.

The main event for the competition will be SUMO Wrestling robots. As in the video at the top of this page, remote controlled vehicles (r/c cars, robots) attempt to overturn or push their opponents off the mat for points.

STEM Prizes. 1st-3rd place in each event is awarded STEM Points that can be spent in our STEM Store for very cool science & engineering kits, drones, robots, telescopes, Chemistry kits, etc.  Over $3,000 of awards will be available.

Parents / Coaches / Teachers.  Pre-register below to reserve your team a spot in the STEM SKILLS Mississippi. After you register your individual or team you will be sent all the information to sign up each of your students as well as the payment link. The entry fee is $50 per student.  If you are registering more than four students you will want to consider our STEM Affiliate Schools program.

This is a Pre-Registration form to show your intent to participate. You will be notified in December 2023 as to the final details.

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