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• Series of unique competitions where students learn new technical skills in engineering 
  and then put those skills to the test in competition against teams from across the region
• High school robotics challenge annually since 2022
• First annual collegiate challenge in 2023
• First annual middle school robotics challenge in 2024
• Robotics challenges include goals to navigate difficult terrain, capture and transport objects, and take photographs of important items
• Prizes have included cash, robotics platforms, 3D printers and scholarships

Mentors bring robotics kits appropriate for elementary and middle school students
to give them a chance to try programming them to complete tasks 

• Dahlgren mentors go into classrooms to teach introductory software development fundamentals 
• Offered at elementary, middle and high school levels
• Content and resources are provided by NSWCDD
• Goal is to introduce coding and serve as a catalyst for creation of coding clubs
  at local schools

 
Elementary, middle and high school after-school clubs that meet with a Dahlgren Division 
mentor weekly for hands-on demos and engineering activities

• Students build an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from scratch
  with the help of Dahlgren Division mentors and educators
• Dahlgren Division provides tools and materials for ROVs
• Annual competition for regional schools to compete in challenges
  to navigate their ROV through a series of underwater obstacles
• Winners from regional competition move on to compete nationally

Dahlgren Division scientists and engineers visit schools to discuss and answer                      career, education and technical questions from middle and high school students

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