robotics academy bringing robotics to the younger crowd
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Robotics AcademyBringing robotics to the younger crowd
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Activity
• Architect/Builder
• Person A will build a structure with all the legos in the bag but Person B CANNOT look at Person A’s structure
• Person A will give instructions to Person B on how to build that same structure using Person B’s legos
• Compare!
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Why younger audiences?• Lack of representation in Laredo
• FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, and BEST- high school
• FIRST Lego League- middle and late elementary
• FIRST Junior Lego Leauge- early elementary
• Lack of interest in STEM fields by the time students reach 4th grade
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Program Overview• Very little to no competition
• Thematic approach to robotics
• Safari Adventures, City Designers, Ocean Adventures
• Apply real-world science concepts
• Solve problems using Lego WeDo kit
• Lego Smart Kits
Ocean Adventures
Ocean Adventures
City Designers
City Designers
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Structure• Intro to robotics- myth vs.
reality
•Fundamentals of robotics- gears, motors, sensors
•Apply concepts learned to thematic missions
•Parental involvement
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Program Details•Three blocks of four
sessions each
•Each session builds upon each other and each block builds upon the other
•Sessions are two hours each
•“Debriefing”
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Reach•200+ children have
experienced the Academy since September of 2010 or its curriculum in summer/winter/spring break camps
•Annual Engineering & Robotics Expo
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Possible ventures•Robotics Academy in schools
•Teacher trainings
•Afterschool programs at Boys & Girls Clubs and/or colonias & community centers
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Marketing
•Email blasts
•Press releases
•Schools
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