The TUSD Robotics season shifted to virtual learning for the 2020-2021 school year. We held several online challenges during Phase 1 (August through December) and Phase 2 (January through March) to keep students learning and moving forward in their understanding of how to use the engineering design process to develop ideas for robots to build to play the official VEX games of the season. They also created video tutorials, websites to promote their programs, built virtual robots using CAD (computer-aided design) software, and competed in online coding competitions.
Each online challenge award was divided into categories based on grade level. Inspire Awards were also awarded to teams and individuals who demonstrated excellence, dedication, and/or sparked inspiration. Thank you to everyone who participated and to all the coaches who continue to support and teach TUSD Robotics students during this unprecedented season! A special thank you to the CSUF and Chapman University pre-service secondary science teachers for serving as judges. |
Engineering Notebook Award
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Elementary School Kayla Lam- Ladera Middle School Orchard Hills Team 8838D High School Tustin High School 98628A Inspire Awards Neera Galion- Arroyo Elementary Legacy Magnet Academy MS Team 4 Columbus Tustin MS 7057D Beckman HS 2496R |
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Elementary School Bindhya Reddy Patnam- TMA Middle School Orchard Hills Team 3383D Inspire Awards Sycamore Magnet Team A Pioneer Team 67722C |
Design Award
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Middle School Orchard Hills Team 8838C Inspire Awards Team 3383E Orchard Hills MS |
CAD Award
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Elementary School
Alexander Ota- TMA Middle School Rohan Hablani- Orchard Hills Inspire Award Rhyan Shah- Orchard Hills MS |
Elementary School
Bindhya Reddy Patnam- TMA Middle School Alexis Chew- Hewes High School Akil Nafi- Foothill Inspire Award Matthew Colinayo- TMA Madison Colinayo- Pioneer Yunji Lee- Orchard HIlls MS Connor Ho- Foothill HS |
Robot Part |
Robot Part |
Elementary School
Louie Horrizadeh- Hicks Canyon Elementary Middle School Srinath Krishnan- Orchard Hills Inspire Award Alice Hoorizadeh- Hicks Cayon Elementary |
Elementary School
Carter Chu- Hicks Canyon Middle School Derrick Chen- Orchard Hills Inspire Award Nathan Kim & Iain Kim- Orchard Hills MS Entire Robot-Elementary School
Edison Embler- TMA Middle School Henry Hoorizadeh- Orchard Hills Inspire Award Louie Hoorizadeh- Hicks Canyon Elementary Luke Tan- Pioneer MS Maxwell Pen & Murad Malik- Orchard Hills MS |
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Middle School
Pioneer Middle School - Submitted by Jane Hewitt and Sumin Cho High School Tustin High School - Submitted by Amruth Chilukuri Inspire Awards Orchard Hills Middle School- Submitted by Coach Megan Lund Beckman High School- Submitted by VanAnh Nguyen |
Middle School
Orchard Hills Team 3383A Orchad Hills Team 3383D Inspire Awards Hewes Team 8929 |
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Coding Video |
Sketching Video |
Elementary School
Ayaan Hablani- Tustin Memorial Academy Topic = VEXcode VR Middle School Rohan Hablani- Orchard Hills School Topic = VEXcode VR Inspire Awards Bindhya Patnam- Tustin Memorial Academy Melody Fang- Orchard Hills School |
Middle School Andy Nguyen- Columbus Tustin Topic = Adobe Draw with Orthographic Paper Inspire Awards Isabella Lugoj- Columbus Tustin MS Emma Trinh- Columbus Tustin MS Farishta Islam- Legacy Magent MS |
Engineering Design Process Video |
CAD Video |
Elementary School
Elizabeth Kim- Hicks Canyon Elementary Topic = Brainstorming Middle School Henry Hoorizadeh- Orchard Hills School Topic= Choosing the Best Idea High School Foothill High School Team 6627 D Topic= Research Inspire Award Zaydin Lateef & Vedant Dayal- Orchard Hills MS |
Elementary School
Alice Hoorizadeh- Hicks Canyon Elementary Topic = Gear Relation Tool in OnShape |
Elementary Virtual Coding Competition Finalists
Award Winners 1st Place Edison Embler Tustin Memorial Academy 2nd Place Rishabh Mittal Hicks Canyon Elementary 3rd Place Matthew Colinayo Tustin Memorial Academy Click Here to Watch the Elementary Virtual Coding Finals! |
Middle School Virtual Coding Competition Finalists
Award Winners 1st Place Haley Li Legacy Magnet Academy 2nd Place Rohan Hablani Orchard Hills School 3rd Place Zachary Adzich Hewes Middle School Click Here to Watch the MS Virtual Coding Finals! |