In 2014 EMC² will launch the VEX IQ Robotics Challenge to Ireland, in partnership with Lifetime Lab and kindly supported by Science Foundation Ireland Discover Programme. The VEX IQ Robotics program is designed to provide an engaging and fun student experience which enable individual primary school children to reach their full potential while developing the knowledge and skills vital to success in the 21^st Century.

The VEX IQ curriculum is created to ensure that students with varying learning styles and levels can accomplish lesson goals. Additionally, no prior STEM or robotics experience is required for students or teachers. No matter what your teaching and learning goals are, the VEX IQ Curriculum will engage STEM in a highly engaging, hands-on manner to primary school students that will stimulate learning and encourage creative problem solving.

Given today’s global challenges compared to the rest of recorded history, there has never been an age with a greater need for new scientists, engineers and problem solving leaders. Recent breakthroughs in chemistry, medicine and physics have revealed a new set of challenges and created even greater opportunity for problem solving through technology. This underscores a dramatic challenge: there are not enough students choosing related paths to meet that global demand.Recognizing this dilemma, EMC² is turning toward programs that integrate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as a means to meaningfully engage and develop the next generation. VEX Education exists to help schools focus on practical, affordable and accessible ways of delivering dynamic hands-on STEM educational experiences to as many students as possible. Mixing the excitement and motivation associated with competition and real-world applications of mathematics and science concepts through the use of the engineering design process, we focus on addressing current educational and societal needs on many levels.

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