We Promoted FIRST
MORE in 2008
- Ran 2 FLL
teams and mentored several others
- Ran a Lego
Robotics 3-day camp
- Ran the
Milwaukee Vex League including an Invitational
Tournament
- Partnered
with Discovery World Museum to provide exhibits
and workshops
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Demonstrated at many school, corporations, and
community events
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- Provided
demonstrations at Summerfest
- Did Dean’s
Homework in several ways
- Got a
Mayor’s Proclamation declaring Robotics Day in
Milwaukee
- Conducted
several service projects
- Fuel Cell
Project
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We provided a 2-day hands-on
exhibit and formal presentation about FIRST at
the Rockets for Schools Competition in
Sheboygan. |
We provided a hands-on exhibit at
the WI Elementary and Middle Level Science
Teacher’s Family Science Day at Boerner Gardens.
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We
presented at a Girl
Scout Career Fair to
promote STEM education and careers in
engineering to young women, and
also at the
FIRST Support Organization
meeting at Milwaukee School of Engineering
to promote mentorship and sponsorship in the
community.
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SUMMERFEST
This is the
second year we presented at
the world’s largest music
festival. On kids day we set
up a Vex field and Lego
table and encouraged our
visitors to run the robots.
We also demonstrated our FRC
robots. We talked to a lot
of families about FIRST, and
handed out information.
On a second
day we collaborated with
several area teams to set up
a full FRC challenge and
demonstrated a full
competition.
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South Milwaukee Community Night |
St. Francis Parade |
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Grade School Robotics Demonstrations |
Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Conference |
Marquette University Engineering Open House |
Mark Kistler (PBS) Art class |
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We participated at the
SySTEM Conference, where our team
leader won the Individual sySTEM Award for all
he does to promote STEM education in our
community. He also sits on the advisory board of
2 Project Lead the Way High Schools.
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We had the great fortune of
establishing a long-term partnership with
Discovery World Hands-on Science Museum. It
started when we were recommended to the museum
by Rockwell Automation to present at a summer
robotics camp in 2005. They were impressed with
us and we have since worked closely with the
museum on their robotics exhibits,
demonstrations, and
educational workshops. We also held most
of the league nights for the Milwaukee VEX
League at Discovery World. Below you will find
some examples of the work we have done:
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Teaching Workshops |
Senior Day |
Public Demonstrations |
Helping with their Lego Team |
We are working on a
special
project which incorporates fuel cell
technology as an alternative power source
for operating a robot. We will be presenting
this as an educational program at the
museum.
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Partnered with Wal-Mart to
raise money for Children’s Hospital of WI by
selling hotdogs many weekends over the
summer. We raised $1700 for the hospital.
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Coordinated a food drive to
benefit food pantries.
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Serve meals for those in need
with St. Vincent De Paul one day each month.
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Made Thanksgiving food
baskets with St. Vincent DePaul Society.
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Donated the Rock n’ Stack
field elements from our Vex Challenge to a
day care.
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Provide volunteers for FLL Mukwonago
and Oak Creek Regional Tournaments, FLL State
Tournament, Oconomowoc Vex Tournament, Milwaukee Vex
Invitational, FRC Wisconsin Regional, FRC Buckeye
Regional, and FRC Championship.
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Partner with Project Lead the Way for
Thomas More High School, and provide recruitment
activities.
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Collect soda can tabs for Ronald
McDonald House.
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| We ran a 3-day Lego
Robotics Camp for 18 elementary students from 10
schools. |
We
taught multiple workshops at Discovery World |
MORE Education Opportunities
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We helped develop a curriculum at Barton
School that uses Lego Mindstorms robots as
part of the science curriculum. We also
trained the staff and will continue to
mentor the kids.
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We conducted a
Boe-bot workshop
in
the fall to teach electronics.
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A
teammate taught a week-long advanced
robotics course at the STEPs camp at UW
Stout, using Lego NXT, and encouraged
campers to start and mentor FLL teams.
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We presented and participated at the Johnson
Controls Robotics Summer Camp, Sponsored by
the African American Affinity Network to
promote robotics to minority students.
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We helped mentor other Rookie
FLL teams, from the Davis Boy’s and Girl’s
Club, La Causa, Milwaukee French Immersion,
and Greenfield Middle School. La Causa’s
team was formed after we did a demo
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One of our team members that
coaches both FLL teams and mentors others
was given the Young Adult Mentor Award at
State. It is the first time it was awarded
in WI
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We mentored students and mentors from Oak
Creek High School who started a FIRST Vex
program this season
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Met with students from Bay View High School
who are forming a new team, to share our
experiences
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