Students talk robotics with Delaware STEM educators

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Student representatives of two FSR teams– FRC 365 (MOE) and FTC 8528 (Rhyme Know Reason)– demonstrated their robots and talked about their design process with attendees at the first annual STEM Educator Award presentation. Adult representatives of FSFLL and Diamond State FTC as well as FSR board members were also on hand to answer questions and hand out program information. The event, sponsored by the Governor’s STEM Council, was held November 17 at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington.

To learn more about DE STEM Council, click here.

Local high schoolers and today’s robots

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Photo by Adriana M. Groisman

In a News Journal article November 19, Robots to the rescue, reporter Molly Murray wrote about current real-world applications using robots in education, science and exploration, as well as security and industry. Adult mentors and students of DuPont and FSR sponsored team, MOE365, working at their build site on DuPont’s Barley Mill campus, were one prominent focus of her story.

She also spoke with FSR board members, Karen O’Brien and board president, Peggy Vavalla, as well as two FSR partners– directors of Delaware’s FTC, FLL and JFLL programs— Eric Cheek and Teshenia Hughes about robots as an educational tool.

Working with Cheek at DSU, Hughes became involved in development of elementary and middle school LEGO League teams. “My passion changed. I believe in it,” she said.

To see the article and video interview with MOE students, visit News Journal’s site here.

FSJrFLL EXPO events begin in December

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EXPO events are around the corner! Our youngest teams are already registered and hard at work on their projects. This year, First State JrFLL is sponsoring 5 Jr.FLL EXPO events, including one in partnership with St. Mary Magdalen School in Wilmington that will highlight STEM in parochial schools. JrFLL teams only attend one EXPO Event each year.

The locations for 2014-2015 JrFLL EXPOs are:

– December 13, 2014, Sanford School, 6900 Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, DE
– January 3, 2015, Oxford Area High School, 705 Waterway Rd., Oxford, PA
– January 17, 2015, Delaware State University, 1200 North Dupont Highway, Dover, DE
– February 14, 2015, Delaware State University, 1200 North Dupont Highway, Dover, DE
– Late February/Early March, Saint Mary Magdalen School, 9 Sharpley Road, Wilmington,DE

Permission forms and information are available from FSJFLL here.

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