Starkville, in contrast, was regarded as a successful school system, offering opportunities such as Advanced Placement classes and
robotics competitions through a career and technology center.
Not exact matches
Instead of trying to change its stripes, Kamen suggested, NSF should leverage its money by supporting efforts like FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a student
robotics competition Kamen began in 1992 that has grown into an international extravaganza
through corporate backing.
This
competition is intended to engage and inspire school children and students
through the subject of
robotics and space exploration.
They host a national
robotics competition every year based around a certain theme, and are supplied in part
through Vex
Robotics.
From my coaching perch, I could see that the
robotics aspect was a means to the greater end: sorting
through a lot of information and developing a finite engineering project was the actual challenge of the
competition.
We challenge their minds, and foster an environment where students want to learn, whether that is
through our science labs, or our
robotics projects and
competitions.
Additional Information Participated in High School
Robotics January 2006
through June 2007, as part of «Hopper»
robotics team on the construction team that scored points in project
competition.