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• Robot Design Process and Implementation (9/12/2020)
• Comparing FTC Kits (9/4/2020)
• STEM Leaders of the Future Contest (8/27/2020)
• Launching Planes (8/13/2020)
• New Project: FIX IT Tips and Tricks (8/13/2020)
• How to Write an Engineering Notebook Entry (8/13/2020)
• Fusion 360 Account Setup ( Educational License ) (8/11/2020)
• Washington State Championships (2/4/2020)
• Pasteur League Jan. 2020 (1/13/2020)
• Water Game, Water Game (7/15/2019)
• Rainhouse Engineering Showcase (7/14/2019)
• Washington State Championships (3/17/2019)
• Ines Khouider is a Dean’s List Finalist (3/5/2019)
• Pasteur Interleague Event (12/22/2018)
• Race Car Wrap up (10/22/2018)
• Race Car Update 1 (7/16/2018)
• FIX IT Autonomous Race Car (7/11/2018)
• StarFish Medical Tour (4/1/2018)
• FTC West Super Regional – Wrap Up (3/31/2018)
• FTC West Super Regional (3/10/2018)
• Traveling with FTC Robots (2/27/2018)
• BC FTC Championships (2/24/2018)
• Washington State FTC Championship (2/13/2018)
• Inspire Award Winning Engineering Notebook and Tips (1/29/2018)
• Twas the Night Before Interleague (12/17/2017)
• Washington State Pasteur Interleague Event (12/16/2017)
• Washington State League One Event (11/5/2017)
• British Columbia Teachers Conference, Oct 20-21 (10/23/2017)
• Boeing Tour – Sept. 8th (9/12/2017)
• Let’s Help Support Texas! (9/3/2017)
• Hurricane Harvey in Texas (9/2/2017)
• Dean’s House and Funway (7/29/2017)
• FIRST Festival of Champions Tournament Day (7/29/2017)
• Festival of Champions Day 2 (7/28/2017)
• Festival of Champions Day 1 (7/27/2017)
• Excited for the Festival of Champions! (7/23/2017)
• Inaugural FIRST Global Robotics Challenge (7/16/2017)
• Team wins Houston World Championships Inspire Award (4/23/2017)
• World Championships: Team nominated for three awards (4/22/2017)
• FIX IT’s Aila Simpson selected for Dean’s List 2017 (4/21/2017)
• World Championships: Day 2 (4/21/2017)
• World Championships: Day 1 (4/20/2017)
• FIX-IT is off to the World Championships in Houston (4/19/2017)
• FIX IT interviewed on Chek TV (4/16/2017)
• Team FIX IT matched with Ivory Coast in FIRST® Global (4/12/2017)
• FIX IT 3491 interviewed on CBC Radio (3/30/2017)
• FTC West Super-Regionals: Day 2 (3/12/2017)
• FTC West Super Regionals this weekend (3/10/2017)
• First FTC Championship in BC in 6 years (2/19/2017)
• Team 3491 is Alberta Champions (2/13/2017)
• FIX IT at the Tesla Interleague, Everett, WA (1/17/2017)
• Pasteur Interleague Competition, WA (1/17/2017)
• WireBoy (12/14/2016)
• League 2 competition (12/10/2016)
• Makerspace—our new home and sponsor (12/9/2016)
• FTC Scrimmage, Dec. 4 (12/5/2016)
• FLL Scrimmage at St. Margaret’s (12/3/2016)
• Success at League 1 (11/21/2016)
• Visit to see dairy robotics (10/21/2016)
• BC Kickoff (9/17/2016)
• Washington State Kickoff (9/10/2016)
• To Seattle for the FTC Kickoff (9/9/2016)
• Mayan Adventure Summer Camp – summary (8/27/2016)
• FIXIT at Aboriginal Back-to-School Picnic (8/13/2016)
• One-day robotics workshop at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre (8/3/2016)
• This year’s Game Challenge: our guess (7/22/2016)
• Robotics summer camp for 9–14 year-olds, Aug 22–26 (6/17/2016)
• World Championships: Day 3 (4/30/2016)
• World Championships: Day 2 (4/30/2016)
• World Championships: Day 1 (4/28/2016)
• Give a winning tip for rookie teams—and win a prize (4/26/2016)
• 3491 Off to World’s in St. Louis (4/26/2016)
• Super-Regionals: Day 3 (3/26/2016)
• Super-Regionals, Day 2 (3/25/2016)
• Super-Regional Competition (West): Day 1 (3/24/2016)
• You are invited…. (2/29/2016)
• FLL Championships 2016 (2/13/2016)
• Team is Captain of Winning Alliance at Championship (2/8/2016)
• FTC Alberta Championships: Day 1 (2/7/2016)
• Team in Edmonton for FTC Alberta Championships (2/5/2016)
• 3491 FIX-IT wins WA State Inspire Award, 2015–16 (1/31/2016)
• WA State Championships, 2016: Day 1 (1/30/2016)
• Preparing for the State Championships (1/29/2016)
• FTC District Competition (1/18/2016)
• Goodbye to Larry (12/19/2015)
• League 2 Competition Weekend (12/15/2015)
• China Reflections (11/25/2015)
• WARC, Final Day (2015-11-24) (11/24/2015)
• WARC, 2015-11-23 (11/23/2015)
• WARC, 2015-11-22 (11/23/2015)
• Team arrives in China for Robotics Conference (11/21/2015)
• Take Your Kids to Work Day at MDA (11/5/2015)
• Sept 11–13: New Season Kickoff (9/21/2015)
• The FIX IT team is going to China! (9/7/2015)
• At the Dominion Observatory Machine Shop (9/7/2015)
• Installing Modern Robotics Devices (8/21/2015)
• Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Star Party (8/9/2015)
• Mars Rover Robot for Star Party (8/8/2015)
• “Mars Rover” at Centre of the Universe, August 8 (8/7/2015)
• Australia/Asia Pacific Invitational Final Results (7/21/2015)
• Australia FIRST: Day 2 (7/13/2015)
• Australia FIRST matches schedule (7/13/2015)
• Meanwhile, back in Victoria… (7/12/2015)
• Video feeds for Australia FIRST (7/12/2015)
• Australia FIRST: Day 1 (7/12/2015)
• FTC Australia Competition: Day 0 (7/11/2015)
• Team develops image-processing software for the robot (7/8/2015)
• Team off to FIRST® Tech Challenge Asia-Pacific Tournament (7/8/2015)
• Day 5 (4/25/2015)
• Day 4 (4/24/2015)
• FTC Championship: Day 3 (4/23/2015)
• World Championship: Day 2 (4/22/2015)
• FTC World Championship: Day 1 (4/22/2015)
• Livestreaming from Championship now available (4/22/2015)
• Vic42.com promotes the team (4/9/2015)
• Duncan makes FTC Dean’s List Finalist (4/8/2015)
• FIX IT given guest spot at GottaCon 2015 (3/2/2015)
• WA State Championships 2015 (2/16/2015)
• Canadian FTC Champions! (2/8/2015)
• District Championships, 2015 (1/19/2015)
• Kick-Off 2014/15 (10/31/2014)
• FTC Block Party Season (6/20/2014)
• FLL Event 2013 (12/12/2013)
• EV3 vs. NXT (5/2/2013)
• St. Louis 2013 – Day Three (4/27/2013)
• St. Louis 2013 – Day Two (4/26/2013)
• St. Louis 2013 – Day One (4/24/2013)