1400 E 6th St, Tucson, AZ 85721
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Set up and volunteer orientation
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Team Check-in, Safety Checks and Marketing Display Set-up
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ROV demonstrations 1st round and Engineering Presentations
12:00 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch, Volunteer break
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM ROV demonstrations 2nd round and Engineering Presentations
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM STEM Activity, Score Keeper finalizes scores
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Awards Ceremony
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Pack up
Registration Tutorial Video for Students/Mentors
$90 Registration Fee
22 Team Limit
2-6 members per team with only 4 team members allowed on pool deck during the ROV demonstration part of the competition.
Registration Closes April 19th or when limit is reached
The 2025 Scout Competition Manual outlines the guidelines and the tasks for this year's competition.
ROV Demonstration of Tasks 1-4
Best of two 12-minute trials
Task 4 MATE Floats will be modified to have teams recover a float and graph the data. They will NOT build a vertical profiling float.
Engineering Presentation
Marketing Display
Registration Tutorial Video for Volunteers
All types of volunteers needed. This is a fun, educational event for our participants.
9AM - 3 PM, breaks and lunch provided.
Training at the event with online content available prior to event.
Check out the Resources Page for more information on Scoring.
MATE requires background screening and will perform that for you. If you have already undergone background screening (i.e. - AZ fingerprint card, AmeriCorps or 4-H screening please state so on the registration form. This will eliminate the need and expense of another screening.)