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The Office of Technical & Career Education (TCE) in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) provides elementary, middle, and high school students with unique, hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) activities that expand students' educational opportunities. 

The STEM Trifecta is an initiative created by TCE that allows our students, teachers, mentors, administrators, and industry and community partners to join together to create and promote STEM and Entrepreneurship awareness through project-based learning activities. 
Learn more about TCE here!
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13th Annual
​2021 STEM Robotics, Maker, & Cyber Security Challenge
Spring 2021

STEM Robotics

The annual STEM Robotics Challenge allows ES/MS/HS student teams to build and program a robot to perform a specific task, all while chronicling their experiences in an E-Portfolio that follows the Engineering Design Process.​

Maker Expo
Sixth Edition

The Maker Challenge allows ES/MS/HS student teams to explore their creativity. Combining 3D printing and design with  Manufacturing, the Maker Expo, focuses on creating a product and describing its impact globally using the engineering process. ​
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Cyber Security

This Challenge is broken into 2 distinct areas: Cyber Innovation and Cyber Security.

The Cyber Innovation Challenge...
...allows ES/MS to use the Raspberry Pi and a coding language to create a solution based on a given problem statement. 

The Cyber Security Challenge...
... allows high school teams to defend a digital infrastructure.
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