New Web Page to Watch Mar. 15 Robotics Competition

New Web Page to Watch Mar. 15 Robotics Competition
This is a feature from the NASA/JPL Education Office.

03.15.11 -- We have two new web pages to visit to watch today's live student robotics competition.
Please go to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-hd-tv or http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html .

More details about the competition: Student teams from nine local elementary, middle and high schools
will put their software-enabled, battery-powered LEGO robots against the clock in the 5th Annual Southern
California Robotics Competition at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, Calif., on Tues., March 15.

The competition will also be broadcast live on the Web from 12:15 to 3:15 p.m. (Pacific). Please see a detailed schedule below.

In a challenge that simulates planetary exploration, the tabletop-size robots must perform different tasks within
two minutes. They include placing sensors in volcanoes, deploying habitats, and rescuing a stranded "moon buggy,"
or small robot. This robotic competition aims to engage students in math, science, technology and engineering.

Each team has four students. The contest will be divided into two sections: one for elementary-school teams,
and the other for middle- and high-school teams.

Detailed program schedule (All times listed in Pacific):

12:15 to 2 p.m. - Competition rounds
2 p.m. - 15-minute break
2:15 p.m. - NASA/JPL robotics engineer Paulo Younse addresses students and discusses careers in robotics, engineering, science
2:45 p.m. - Awards ceremony
3:15 p.m. - End of program

The 17 teams from nine schools that will participate are:

Charles T. Kranz Intermediate School, El Monte
Lake View Elementary School, Huntington Beach
Johnson STEM Magnet School, San Diego
Mesa Union School, Somis
North Ridge Magnet School, Moreno Valley
Roosevelt Middle School, Glendale
Sycamore Hills Elementary School, Fontana
Village Academy High School, Pomona
Vintage Math Science Technology Magnet School, North Hills



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