STEM Education and Competitions

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STEM Education and Competitions

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When it comes to STEM education and being immersed in the fields of Science and Technology there is nothing with quite the same effect as competing with like-minded individuals to test not only knowledge but collaborative ability, as well as critical and adaptive thinking.

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Team OutsiderZ, Fitnovators advance

First LEgo League

Team OutsiderZ, Fitnovators advance

Team 16539 OutsiderZ, and Team 4047, Fitnovators, FLL (First Lego League) teams from Mississauga, Ontario, participated in Western University and Waterloo qualifying tournaments respectively, won Core Value, robot design awards and are advancing to Ontario Provincials to be held the week of May 3rd virtually. They were excited to form a team and start preparing […]

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Zorez – CRoC 2020 Scratch winner

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Zorez – CRoC 2020 Scratch winner

Zorez has been with Zebra for little more than a year, and he is very passionate about Coding. He has a developing interest in Robotics and is keen to learn to build. Here, in this video he presents about his project for CRoC 2020. He particpated in Junior category and won a Zebra Stripe.

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Hackathon keeps us engaged during Covid

Hackathon keeps us engaged during Covid

Many of the high school students have been participating in Robotics and Coding competitions over the last several years while at Zebra Robotics. With Covid, and lockdown in Mississauga, Canada location, they decided to team up for something different. Group of six high school students, Nikhil, Daxsin, Adam, Vishal,Armina, and Josh came together and organized […]

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Celebrate Coding Achievement

Canada Computing Challange

Celebrate Coding Achievement

Nikhil and Javin have attempted University of Waterloo’s Canada Computing Challenge (CCC) a year earlier.  They both scored in top 70 out of 3700+ students who attempted the challenge world-wide. Considered one of the difficult computing challenges, University of Waterloo has been conducting these competitions annually. The time allotted for the challenge is three hours […]

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FLAME-X share their experience – Part I

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FLAME-X share their experience – Part I

FLAME-X

This blog was written by FLAME-X team member Vishal Prakash, who has participated in two FLL seasons, for team Astroneers and FLAME-X. His team won awards at regionals and advanced to provincials. The 2019-20 FLL season proved to be a very eventful and fun experience for my team and I. FLL is a competition that […]

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How competition may benefit learning.

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How competition may benefit learning.

WRO 2019

What makes STEM competitions so special? The spirit of competition is one of those things we are all blessed with as children. But most of us tend to lose this competitive edge as we age. The good thing is, kids hardly ever have an ulterior motive when competing. For them, it’s merely about besting the […]

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