Destination Imagination

2014 Best project award in Science

2014 Best project award in the Arts

2013 Best team work award 2013 The Da-Vinci award

for Excellence Explora-Vision

2015 Honorable Mention 2014 Regional Winner

Building Leaders for Tomorrow

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www.iexcellkids.com

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2416 East Washington Street

Suite F, Bloomington, IL 61704

OUR DIVERSE TEAM OF EDUCATORS

Aarushi Bafna Angelica A Wilk

Caitlin Smith Daniele N Luetke

Emilee Lovejoy Heather M Calkins

Johanna Rundio Melissa Haschak

Mihir Bafna Melanie L Holden

Pete Karagianis Nishant Bhamidipati

Pavithra Kannan Prithiv Senthil Kumar

Rahul Bafna Sarika Bafna

S.T.E.A.M

Inspiring solutions for every child’s imagination

WHERE MIND

EXCELS MATTER

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts,

Mathematics

First Lego League

2016 Regional winner

Participated in state

2016 Best Project Award

2016 Best Rookie Award

2015 Regional Champions, Participated in state

2015 Rookie award winners

2014 Best project award

2014 Best Robot design

2013 Regional Champions

Participated in state

Several awards since 2010

Teams from iEXCELL have won and have

been recognized at various state and

regional competitions in Robotics,

Destination Imagination, Explora-Vision.

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL Knowledge of different attachments Programming with loops, switches and gears Learning about various sensors Using various formulas in programming Working on various types of robots Identifying and solving problems Being part of a team Participate in the FLL competition

ADVANCED LEVEL Knowledge of multiple use of gears/gear trains Programming with my block and Data hubs Learning about advanced sensors & techniques Using calculations and advance formulas to

define programs Working on different types and styles of robots Identifying and solving problems Being part of a team Participate in the FLL competition

FLL COMPETITION Autonomous robot run Robot design Project problem and solution Team building Core values Professionalism Encouragement Innovate Above all have fun!

The confluence of several technologies is making robotics

accessible and affordable. Our knowledge on building robots is

evident due to the new inventions right from the Roomba

vacuum cleaner to Honda’s advanced ASIMO.

iEXCELL has an extensive Robotics program designed for

students age 5 to 15. In our robotics program

We use Lego’s NeXT (NXT) and Evolution 3 (EV3)

robotic systems

Build well-structured and sturdy robots

Write programs to complete defined missions/tasks

Various levels of instruction (beginners to advance)

Participate in FLL and Wonder League Competition

BEGINNER LEVEL

Knowledge of various pieces and their use Understanding block programing Learning about simple and compound machines

using Legos Working on simple and compound machine

projects Understanding and problem solving Being part of a team

Explora-Vision is a science innovated competition by Toshiba and the NSTA (National Science Teachers Association). ExploraVision challenges and encourages

young explorers to apply scientific principles to envision future technologies and imagine themselves as contributors of the future. Each team brainstorms ideas about technology that

could be improved and enhanced to better our environment, society, and world. Once they decide on the technology the group works together in creating their project that consists of

pros and cons, consequences, the process, history, obstacles, and abstract the purpose of the technology. An illustration of the future technology is expected, along with the website the

team created for the project. The projects are then sent in to be reviewed and judged.

Robotics

Explora Vision

“It is strange that only extraordinary men make the discoveries, which later appear so easy and simple.“

-Georg C. Lichtenberg

iEXCELL is exploring a new and

exciting robotics competition

hosted by Wonder League in 2017.

Completed online, teams of one to

five students between the ages of

6 and 12 work together to create solutions to real-world

technology challenges. These teams compete against teams

from across the globe to design the best and most creative

solutions. The focus of this competition is coding and

programming robots using Wonder software.

WONDER LEAGUE

DESTINATION IMAGINATION

Global competition where students are encouraged to solve real world problems.

Students research on a topic selected by the team. The team then incorporates their research to solve a problem

and create a presentation using a form of art.

The topics selected by the team are, but not limited to science, technology & arts.

Teams from iEXCELL have won and been recognized at the regional and state competition