BEST robots to take center stage at WSU Nov. 1
Results will be available immediately after the event upon request. If you'd like the results Saturday afternoon, call Joe Kleinsasser, WSU director of news and media relations, at 978-3013 or joe.kleinsasser@wichita.edu. You also can leave messages for him Saturday on his cell phone at 204-8266 or work phone 978-3013.
Thirty high school teams and organizations will compete in the Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) event. This year's game is called "Just Plane Crazy."
The sports-like technology contest combines the excitement of a high school football game with the strategy of a chess match and the intellectual challenge of a science fair. Working from identical kits, each team has had six weeks to design and build their robot.
The 2008 game also includes competition for the BEST Award to the team that best embodies the concept of Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology.
The teams competing this year are: Ambassadors for Christ Academy, Andale High School, Andover Central High School, Baldwin High School, Blue Valley High School, Buhler High School, Campus High School, Circle High School, Collegiate Upper School, Concordia High School, Decatur Community High School, Goddard High School, Hutchinson Tech Center, Independence High School, Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, Lawrence High School, Madison High School, Maize High School, Mulvane High School, Northeast Magnet High School, Panther Creek Academy, Rose Hill High School, Sunrise Christian Academy, The Independent School, Topeka High School, Washburn Rural, Valley Center High School, Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita West High School and Wichita HomeSchool.
Winners of Kansas BEST 2008 will travel to Fort Smith, Ark., to compete in the Frontier Trails Regional Competition at the University of Arkansas Dec. 5-6.
For more information, visit the Kansas BEST Web site at http://www.kansasbest.org.
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Contact: Joe Kleinsasser, WSU director of news and media relations, (316) 978-3013 or joe.kleinsasser@wichita.edu.