1 / 11

Robotics Academy

Engage and educate younger audiences in robotics through hands-on activities, building structures with LEGOs, and learning STEM concepts. Program includes themed missions, Lego WeDo kit, and parental involvement. Over 200 children have already benefited from the program.

msammons
Download Presentation

Robotics Academy

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Robotics Academy • Bringing robotics to the younger crowd

  2. 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!

  3. 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

  4. Ocean Adventures City Designers 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

  5. Structure • Intro to robotics- myth vs. reality • Fundamentals of robotics- gears, motors, sensors • Apply concepts learned to thematic missions • Parental involvement

  6. 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”

  7. Reach • 200+ children have experienced the Academy since September of 2010 or its curriculum in summer/winter/spring break camps • Annual Engineering & Robotics Expo

  8. Possible ventures • Robotics Academy in schools • Teacher trainings • Afterschool programs at Boys & Girls Clubs and/or colonias & community centers

  9. Marketing • Email blasts • Press releases • Schools

  10. Questions

  11. Contact Information • Joserperez08@gmail.com • (956)635-8328

More Related