Competitions

From the Canadian FLL Website

At FIRST Canada we inspire young people to pursue further studies and careers in the fields of science, technology, and engineering. We pursue this mission primarily through running robotics programs, competitions, and camps.

Guided by two or more adult Coaches, FIRST LEGO League* teams (up to 10 members, grades 4-8**) research a real-world problem such as food safety, recycling, energy, etc., and are challenged to develop a solution. They also must design, build, program a robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS®, then compete on a table-top playing field.

It all adds up to tons of fun while they learn to apply science, technology, engineering, and math concepts (STEM), plus a big dose of imagination, to solve a problem. Along their journey, they develop critical thinking and team-building skills, basic STEM applications, and even presentation skills, as they must present their solutions with a dash of creativity to judges. They also practice the Program’s Core Values, which emphasize discovery, teamwork and good sportsmanship.

Program details:

• As part of the Challenge the team is expected to work on below 4 areas

  1. 1. 1. Robot Design: Designing, building and coding a robot to complete 15-16 challenge missions. Present mission strategy, robot design and attachments built to solve the missions.

        2. Innovation Project: Research and Identify a real world problem related to this year's theme. Design and build a working solution to solve the problem and validate the solution through industry experts and finally present the solution at the FLL competition.

        3. Robot Game: Compete with other teams to run the robot and solve as many missions as possible in 2.5 minutes at the competition.

        4. Core Values: Present on core values (teamwork, ownership, fun and many more).

From the WRO Canada Website

The World Robot Olympiad (WRO) is an international robotics competition that brings together students from 1st year to university from more than 70 countries. Year after year, nearly 20,000 teams compete in their home countries to be selected for the WRO International Finals. Teams of two or three students, assisted by a coach, develop their creativity and problem-solving skills through robotic challenges.  

How it works:

• 1. 1. The WRO® theme for 2023 is "Connecting the World".

     2. Panama is the host country for the international final and we are focusing on how robots can help connect the world in a sustainable way.

     3.  In 2023, teams will learn the importance of logistics, digital technology, physical infrastructure and sustainability to our global connections in life and industry, and how robotic systems play a role in this. .

        1. • RoboMission  and RoboSports challenges are played tabletop.

           • The Future Innovators Challenge is a robotics project presented to a jury.

           • The Engineers of the Future challenge is an autonomous vehicle challenge using a camera.

     4. The WRO 2023 Challenges are offered in Canada by Zone01

From the Halton Skills Website

Halton Skills Competition helps students shine by showcasing their skills. Approximately 1,100 secondary and elementary students from the Halton District School Board compete in a wide range of Technological Skills. Students successful in the competition will go forward and represent the HDSB at the Ontario Skills Competition. Those who qualify will move on to the Skills Canada National Competition.

Participation in activities like the Halton Skills Competition help students develop innovative strategies and connect learning to the real world by aligning with the ‘Equity and Inclusion’ and ‘Learning and Achievement’ areas of focus in the Halton District School Boards 2022-2024 Multi-Year Plan, which is designed to elevate student achievement.

From the Canadian Computing Competition Website

The Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) is a fun challenge for secondary school students in Canada with an interest in programming, organized by the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing at the University of Waterloo. It is an opportunity for students to test their ability in designing, understanding and implementing algorithms.

The CCC consists of two distinct paper submission divisions: the Junior Division paper and the Senior Division paper. Each paper consists of 5 questions. The range of difficulty increases from the first question to the last question on each paper.

From the IKCC Website

IKCC is a Scratch coding competition. The IKCC hosts competitions throughout the year on different topics. IKCC will organize several international/national kids programming contests, like: Scratch Olympiad, Digital Olympiad, Scratch coding contests, Scratch programming championships, Scratch for kids competition, Scratch Coding Marathon, International coding contests for kids, International kids coding challenges and other kids coding events throughout the year! 

The challenge is taken by thousands of students every year worldwide, making it one of the biggest coding competitions ever. Standing out amid so many competitors is extremely challenging, but our students have secured won 3rd Place, International and  Outstanding Script Award in the year 2022.