RECF STEM Educational Video
Create a video to teach a new team something about the creation and management of an effective team STEM process that can help them better prepare for competition. You should come up with your own idea, but here are some sample ideas from previous years’ Educational Videos:
- How to analyze an engineering game or challenge to create an optimal strategy
- How to build an effective team
- How to test a mechanisms
- What kind of engineering process works best, and how to document it
Entries
Engineer's Guide on How to Create an Effective...
This video was made by Nerd Herd's Team 687D. The Nerd Herd goes to the California Academy of Mathematics and Science (CAMS), a public magnet high school in Carson, CA. The video teaches new VEX Robotics teams about the basic steps in a Design Process. The design process is really helpful in the field of engineering because it is effective for creating and managing a team STEM process that can help students prepare for competition. As if students are creating a road to success. In the video, students (I referenced them as "engineers") will use this guide to learn how to...
Team 5297C online challenge
This is a STEM educational video on how to successfully build a team at a Robotics Competitions.
Link for video:
https://youtu.be/9SFAplJMKuU
1410L entry, "6 tips on preparing for a...
here is our entry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmSdtEXvi0I
Software used:
Video Editing and animation: Blender3d 2.76
Audio Mix: Ardour / Audacity
Icons: GIMP / Inkscape
encoding: Openshot
Music:
"World War P" by Infl8
https://soundcloud.com/infl8/tracks
Sound effects:
soundbible.com
2918 GCEC Vex Instructional Video
In this video we showcase some tips for new students in the VEX Robotics Porgram
Team 4442X's Guide On How To Make An Amazing...
Island Pacific Academy Navigator Robotics Team 4442X's submission for the RECF STEM Educational Video Award 2015-16 (Online Challenge). This video is about how to document the engineering design process in an engineering notebook using the international baccalaureate design cycle.
How to Run a Successful Robotics Corporation
The future of robotics is in enterpreneurship. Team 918V Quirk uses the processes of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to help others create and run a successful corporation off of which they can create a business. There is no better time than now to learn about the business world so that we can pave a path for our future employment. The future is now. This is "How to Run a Successful Robotics Corporation."
Our video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_lNqbtRBsI&feature=youtu.be
How do you run an Effective Team?
This video was made by the Comebacx, team number 918X. We attend Hyde Park MS. in Las Vegas, Nevada. This video focuses on how to run an effective team. We focus on the management of an effective team and the organization of a team. We are the next generation and I guarantee you, you will be impressed.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgiI2z2nxxQ&feature=youtu.be
How To Effectively Plan Out Your VEX Robot
This video is jam-packed with facts and clear descriptions on how to plan out a VEX robot. Included in this video is the following:
- 5 steps on planning out a succesful robot
- detailed explanation on the 5 steps to give you a clear idea of what to do
Link to the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK7_QpPOdRE

Team 1138's Guide to Tournament Conduct
Tournament conduct is one of the most important factors in winning awards, including the Sportsmanship award, and the Excellence Award. With our video we hope to educate teams about the proper way to conduct themselves at tournaments.
4 Steps to Proper Testing
985E RoboDragons explain the 4 Steps to properly testing changes you make to your VEX robot.
Staying Organized with the Magic Bag
This video was made by Renegade Robotics, Team 1666, an all-girls robotics team based in Menlo Park, California. Our video is a humorous infomercial about a little trick we use at competitions: the Magic Bag. We are so happy that we created this helpful item, and we want to share it so that it can help you too stay organized! Sit back and enjoy the video!
The Easy Button Interview
“The Easy Button Interview” is about a good” interview vs. a “bad” interview. In the first half of the video, an example of a bad interview is portrayed. As a result, the team fails to win any award. Then, the team lists all that went wrong in the interview (ex. being disrespectful to the judges, taking too many selfies, talking way too much, exercising, and one of the members missing the interview altogether). Luckily, the team has a special remote that can go back in time with the push of a button and redo the interview. In the second half of the...
Using 2D Models to Design Lifts
This video shows VEX IQ teams a simple way of designing a lift or linkage using two dimensional modeling on the VEX IQ field. This is a good way to work out the geometry and movement of a lift without having the build the entire robot, and without knowing how to use CAD. Using the approach will speed up the design process and help to quickly and simply prove out concepts and ideas.
Team 3333Q first used this approach to design a series of 4 bar linkage lifts for last year's High Rise challenge. This year we are using it for designing...
Preparing for FAILURE
Being prepared for failure will help you succeed. Watch our educational video and find out more.
How to Effectively Run a Team at a Tournament
This is a STEM Educational Presentation on how to effectively run a team at a large VEX tournament. At Lynfield College, we believe that optimum tournament results are more likely to be obtained if a team adopts a managed approach and each person takes care of the particular task they have been assigned.
vex Pneumatics
This video shows an easy way to put together and program pneumatics.

4073G's Basics and Tips to an Awesome Engineering...
This is 4073G's Educational Video which is gives advice about the basics and important tips to keep in mind for a better Engineering Notebook. Based on our own first person experience with the notebooks, we've been able to share knowledge with fellow recorders and other robotic teams.
3946R STEM Educational Video
This video will give watchers a overview of the steps taken during the design process.
Robotics module
This is the video I made in our robotics module which we have at St Peter's College for one third of the year. It hopefully shows how you can use gears to make the wheels spin faster and then the ball will go further
V-REX Race
This video is to show everybody that robotics is fun. You can make your own robots, Brandon made one V-Rex mr vanharen made the other and groups made other robots. unfortunately one of the V-Rexes died after a soccer ball hit him and twisted his axles. and that is how dinosaurs got extinct.
Team 9571D: The Motor Tester
Does your team struggle when building due to the fact that you haven't programmed your robot yet? Then the motor tester is for you. This tool allows for quick testing of prototypes and mechanisms without the need to constantly add programming.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dyMIZKSEOM
A PID Tutorial
This video outlines how to create a PID loop to regulate wheel speed.
On the Aesthetics and Design of Engineering
This video is meant to educate on how to design a product or machine's aesthetics, according to it's purpose and what message the creator wants to deliver to his/her consumers.
Theater, Math Club...Robotics?! Oh My!
We are Team 2442A from Bancroft School in Worcester, Massachusetts. We would like to show you how we balance extracurricular activities we participate in with Robotics. Learn our three most useful tips!
Packing for a Competition
Team 8926, Combined IQ, invites you to view Packing for a Competition, a silent movie that outlines the most important things that each member of a VRC team will need to take with them to a competition. Arriving at a tournament to find that important parts (or even the robot) has been left at home can be unnerving. Watch this funny clip to learn more about how to help your pit crew chief prepare for your next big event!
How to deal with conflicts between teammates
The video we created demonstrates how we work successfully as a team, despite not always agreeing with one another. We have one goal and many different opinions about how to be successful. We used vignettes to demonstrate communication and how to be effective when communicating a point. In the end, it is about both collaboration and building consensus in a team.
youtube link:
https://youtu.be/9PgWGe_qGR0
The Perfect Match: Scouting 101
In this video from Bancroft School Team 2442C, the team discusses the importance of scouting and some of the ways in which to effectively scout out other Robots.
750C STEM Educational Video
Educates other students participating in robotics about the nuances in going to a robotics competition.
750W Redesigning the Design Process
We found some errors in the general design process and decided to update it to a process that better fits engineers who are building robots. We account for the constant rethinking of strategies and abilities a robot can have during the building process.