Robotics Academy Bringing robotics to the younger crowd

Robotics AcademyBringing robotics to the younger crowd

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!

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

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

Structure• Intro to robotics- myth vs.

reality

•Fundamentals of robotics- gears, motors, sensors

•Apply concepts learned to thematic missions

•Parental involvement

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”

Reach•200+ children have

experienced the Academy since September of 2010 or its curriculum in summer/winter/spring break camps

•Annual Engineering & Robotics Expo

Possible ventures•Robotics Academy in schools

•Teacher trainings

•Afterschool programs at Boys & Girls Clubs and/or colonias & community centers

Marketing

•Email blasts

•Press releases

•Schools

QuestionsQuestions

Contact Information

• Joserperez08@gmail.com

•(956)635-8328