Mission Statement
It is the mission of the Speedway Junior High Robotics Club to provide the team members with an opportunity to build teamwork and communication skills, advance student learning in the STEM fields, allow for hands on problem solving using computers and robot equipment, and to provide the needed setting where our students can compete with and against other schools from around the world to enhance our learning experience.
History
In the fall of 2013 Speedway Junior High 8th grade Science teacher, Dan Grill, founded the Speedway Junior High Robotics Club. The team, now known as the Pluginators, began with just 6 team members. The 2013-2014 members were eighth graders Luke Bailey, Alex Jensen, Kaitlyn Sears, Kevin Simonson, Geoff Smith, and Thomas Wall. In their first year, the team won the excellence award at the City of Indianapolis Championships and competed in the World Championships in Anaheim, CA. Now in their second year of existence the team consists of 15 seventh and eighth grade students.
The Competition
The Pluginators compete with other schools from the state and the world in what is know as the VEX IQ Challenge. The following video explains the 2015-2016 game.
It is the mission of the Speedway Junior High Robotics Club to provide the team members with an opportunity to build teamwork and communication skills, advance student learning in the STEM fields, allow for hands on problem solving using computers and robot equipment, and to provide the needed setting where our students can compete with and against other schools from around the world to enhance our learning experience.
History
In the fall of 2013 Speedway Junior High 8th grade Science teacher, Dan Grill, founded the Speedway Junior High Robotics Club. The team, now known as the Pluginators, began with just 6 team members. The 2013-2014 members were eighth graders Luke Bailey, Alex Jensen, Kaitlyn Sears, Kevin Simonson, Geoff Smith, and Thomas Wall. In their first year, the team won the excellence award at the City of Indianapolis Championships and competed in the World Championships in Anaheim, CA. Now in their second year of existence the team consists of 15 seventh and eighth grade students.
The Competition
The Pluginators compete with other schools from the state and the world in what is know as the VEX IQ Challenge. The following video explains the 2015-2016 game.