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Help Support FSR Through United Way 

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We are committed to our mission here at First State Robotics and rely on your support to accomplish all that we do.

The mission of First State Robotics, Inc.,  is to inspire and motivate young people to pursue science and technology careers and become confident, self-reliant, responsible citizens poised to make a real difference in our world by using a fun, creative, and unique environment that extends learning beyond the classroom.

Your United Way dollars helps First State Robotics (FSR) to organize, fund, and implement several local youth STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities and programs:

 

  • Miracle Workerz FRC, Miracle Workerz FTC and Rhyme Know Reason FTC robotics teams for high school students
  • FIRST Tech Challenge for high school and middle school students
  • First State FIRST LEGO League for middle school students
  • Junior FIRST LEGO League expos for elementary school students
  • MORE (Miracles of Reading Education) Literacy Program for pre-school to 3rd grade 

Donate to our non- profit through your regular United Way campaign at your workplace- find out how here.

Or to donate directly to First State Robotics, you can now use our PayPal link here for a one-time or a recurring monthly donation.

 

For more info on how to donate through United Way click here.

 

Thank you for helping build the technology leaders of tomorrow!

Feel free to pass this along to your friends and family.

 

Axalta Coating Systems Robotics Scholarship Program

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Announcing!

Through a generous offer from Axalta Coating Systems, high school seniors currently participating in the Delaware FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) have the chance to receive special recognition. In February 2016, Axalta will award one (1) $2500 non-renewable scholarship to an exceptionally promising student to help them reach their full potential through higher education.

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must:

  • Be a high school senior in 2015/2016 school year.
  • Plan to attend an accredited college starting Fall 2016, working towards a Bachelor’s degree or STEM based certification.
  • Participate actively on a Delaware FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics team.
  • Have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0.

In addition. applicants must submit a completed application form with 500 word essay, along with a high school transcript to First State Robotics.

Scholarship winner will be announced February 6, 2016 at Delaware State FTC championship event at Delaware State University in Dover, DE.

How to Apply:

Download an application– click here

Axalta Coating Systems is a leading global manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings. Axalta continues to build on nearly 150 years of experience in the coatings industry. For more information visit www.axaltacoatingsystems.com.

Team 8528 holds Robotics Notebook Workshop

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On August 22, 2015, FTC Team 8528, Rhyme Know Reason, held a workshop to help teams improve their notebook writing skills and to give them ideas on how to overcome obstacles in keeping an Engineering Notebook. Engineering or Lab Notebooks are a vital part of any engineer’s or scientist’s work.  But how does this translate for use in FTC?  

After winning the Think Award at two competitions last year, the team wanted to reach out to other teams to start the discussion on how to keep a good Engineering Notebook.  Three teams from Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland were in attendance.  After a short presentation at the beginning of the workshop, teams were encouraged to discuss the difficulties associated with keeping a notebook and how their teams overcame challenges in past years.  Then the students broke up into three groups, mixing members from all the teams.  

They were tasked with building a mini catapult out of a variety of different pastas, tape, and Play-Doh, with the goal of launching a mini marshmallow as far as possible.  The exercise gave the students a chance to put into the practice the strategies they learned on how to make it less difficult to write in an Engineering Notebook (and have fun doing it!).  Each group kept a notebook during the activity, recording things like what the challenge was, drawings of prototypes and the final design, results of tests, and so on.  After testing the catapults,  Team Rhyme Know Reason gave out awards like ‘Most Detailed Notebook’, ‘Farthest Shooting Catapult’, and ‘Best Example of the Design Process’.  

The entire workshop was a lot of fun and they hope to hold more workshops later this year.  If you are interested in talking to the team about the Engineering Notebook, email them at rhymeknowreason@gmail.com.