Looney LogoLooney the Robot and his trainer, Hunter Lloyd, Professor in the Gianforte School of Computing, have met many students from Montana giving the "How to Train Your Robot" assembly.  Over 6,500 kindergarten through 12th grade students watched Hunter, Looney and friends during the 2013-2014 school year.  After the assemblies, Hunter and Looney received emails from students, teachers, and parents asking for more information about how to continue learning more about computing and robotics. With their requests in mind, we decided to create Looney Challenges.

Our Looney Challenge goal:  

To encourage Montana K-12 students to continue to learn about computing and, eventually, attend and graduate from a university with a degree in computer science. Of course, Looney hopes our Montana students will attend Montana State University - GO CATS!

This year's Looney Challenge will begin September 23rd, 2015 and conclude June 30th, 2016. Teachers can register at any time and earn points to win prizes for their school!  Also, stay tuned to the Looney Challenges webpage for updates!

To learn more about Looney Challenges, the rules, look at the 2015-2016 Challenges, or to register your class, please go to one of the links below.

What is a Looney Challenge?

How to Participate (the rules)

2015-2016 Looney Challenges

Register for Looney Challenges

Join our email list for Looney Challenges News and Updates or to learn how to register for the Looney Challenge!  Click HERE to join the fun! Please tell us your name, school grade and how to contact you!


May 11th, 2016

Looney Challenges -
NASA Robotics Mining Competition!

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 Challenge your students to improve computational thinking, spatial skills and mathematical performance!

Please click HERE to go to view the post and take the Challenge. You can also click on the Looney Challenge Post icon or the "2015-2016 Looney Challenges" link above.

If you still need to register your class, please go the the "Register for Looney Challenges" above.

Thank you for taking the Challenge and help your students learn computing skills!