LEGO ROBOTS COMPETITION FOR HIGH, MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SHOOLS IN WV

West Virginia University has sponsored and hosted the Lego Robots Competition for High, Middle and Elementary Schools in WV since 2003.This annual event is attempting to promote students from high, middle and elementary schools in careers in MSET (Math, Science, Engineering and Technology).Since 2003, this event has been attracting enthusiastic interests from k-12 schools, government education agents, education foundations and industry.Every year there were more than 15 schools and 300 hundred kids come to the event; they spent the whole day for completion, demonstration and tours of engineering and technology labs in WVU.The sponsor pool of the competition has been growing up year-by-year, which includes the WVU, Toyota Inc, Parallax Inc, WV Education department, WV Logan County Distinct Education Department, Tech Prep Foundation, Appalachia Education Lab and etc.In this article, the short history, organization strategy, competition format, follow-up feedback and future plan will be discussed.The next competition, 4 th Lego Robots Competition for High, Middle and Elementary Schools in WV will be held on May 2006.