Our Robotics team "CURIOSITY" needs your help.
We need your financial support to get these motivated future engineer students registered for their second season in the F.I.R.S.T. LEGO Robotics league. Due to COVID our local library can no longer financially support us as their team.
I decided if I can raise the funds I would step up and start a new team with the students. I have created a space in our home garage dedicated to their robotics meetings. We have a robotics table built into a rolling island and will install a mini split AC out there for the students to stay cool.
A new team can expect to pay approximately $800 for registration which includes challenge set, Mindstorm EV3, engineering notebooks. Outside of the $800 to register, we will need to pay for shirts, supplies for their innovation project, tournament fees, and other travel expenses. But for the moment we need a little bit of financial support to get our team registered.
Team Curiosity in their rookie year won the Innovation Award at the qualifier tournament and made it to the Regional competition completing more than half of the Robot missions (which I'm told is not easy the first year). Their innovation project was to improve on the idea of the dog water fountain by making it accessible for service dogs. With their innovative fountain, dogs can now step on a button and release the water for themselves without the help of their "disabled" human. The team even created a 3D printed model of their design. These service dog water fountains could be made available in ALL public places such as airports, grocery stores, and outdoor spaces. The kids learned so much about the engineering process throughout the season. We cant wait to see what they come up with next. The kids hope to compete this coming season. And I hope we can all make that happen for them.
Please Help our TEAM continue our journey with FIRST LEGO Robotics league.
"FIRST" = For Inspiration & Recognition of Science and Technology
FIRST LEGO Robotics is an international competition. Team members range from age 9-14. Starting in August a new challenge is released for the season. Each team is to come up with a solution to a real world problem within the theme of the season. The innovation project requires lots of research, creating prototypes, meeting with experts, rehearsing group presentations, etc. Second part of the competition is the Robot mission challenges. Each year the mission mat reflects the theme of the season. Last year was "CITY SHAPER" this year is "RePLAY". For these missions the students must work together to design an EV3 robot to accomplish as many missions on the field within a time limit. They use creativity to design, build, code, and use the engineering process to help complete the missions. Lastly students learn about core values; Discovery, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Fun.
This is a fantastic program for our youth and we hope the number of teams will continue to grow.
Help us start our new team.
With your contribution we can register our team for the new season.
Support STEM by supporting us.
Much Love and Gratitude,
Ingrid Porter and Team Curiosity
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