[STEM-Announce] Invitation: FIRST Tech Challenge Tournament - Christiansburg Qualifier @ Sat Dec 7, 2019 3:30pm - 11pm (UTC) (stem-announce at lists.rbtc.tech)

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Title: FIRST Tech Challenge Tournament - Christiansburg Qualifier
FIRST Chesapeake District presents a FIRST Tech Challenge Tournament:  
Christiansburg Qualifier on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Auburn Middle  
School.

Tentative Tournament Schedule:
• 10:30 AM: Opening Ceremony
• 10:45 AM: Qualifications Matches
• 12:00 PM: Lunch for Teams and Volunteers
• 12:45 PM: Qualification Matches
• 2:30 PM: Alliance Selections
• 3:00 PM: Elimination & Finals
• 5:30 PM: Awards and Closing Ceremony

FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) offers a robotic competition for grades 7-12 to  
be challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a  
head-to-head challenge in an alliance format. Robotics teams from Virginia  
and Maryland will compete to win a place at the FIRST Tech Challenge State  
Championship Sponsored by Capital One at Atlee High School in  
Mechanicsville on February 21, 2020.

Teams are evaluated not only on robot performance, but their STEM outreach,  
control system, an engineering notebook and a concept FIRST robotics  
calls "Gracious Professionalism".

This year's challenge is called Skystone. To view a video previewing the  
Skystone challenge and what to expect in the competition, visit:  
https://youtu.be/XiGB_8Ppnbs.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Visitors can see students in an amazing experience, celebrate their hard  
work, have fun, make new friendships and are exposed to STEM ideas!

For more information, visit:  
https://www.newriverrobotics.org/events/ftc-tournament or  
https://www.firstchesapeake.org/christianburg-qualifier.

Cost: See Description
When: Sat Dec 7, 2019 3:30pm – 11pm Coordinated Universal Time
Where: Auburn Middle School
4163 Riner Road
Riner, VA 24149
Calendar: stem-announce at lists.rbtc.tech
Who:
     * RBTC STEM Event Announcer

Event details:  
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