Elementary School Science Olympics Demonstration
Date: May 31st
Time: 1-4PM
# of Members: 5
The Elementary School Science Olympics took place on May 31st, 2014 at 1-4PM in Carmenita Middle School. This local event was a competition between the students from various schools in the ABC Unified School District. The Whitney FLL, FTC, and VEX teams were all present at the event to help promote STEM, display the numerous aspects within the club, and convince parents and students alike to join in the RoboCamp program held in Whitney High School’s MPR.
Stephanie Qian, one of the members in the FTC team discovered and maintained communications with the organizers of the event while Tony Ngo gathered people within the club to participate. On the day of, Proud Heng and Tony Ngo brought the supplies for the set up of all three teams. The club was stationed behind Carmenita’s cafeteria, facing the opening ceremony stage. When trying to move back tables to make room for their own, the club was soon told to move them back and was vaguely guided to a different area. Eventually however, the club members were able to receive help from the bustling ASB members and teachers and an area was decided that contained numerous outlets for chargers and computers in the club. The FLL section was manned by two people and included a table and field that was set up with 3 remote control robots for parents and children alike to interact with. Furthermore, the various trophies from all different sections were displayed next to the writing bot, which was specially programmed to draw the club’s signature icon: Schmoe. These drawing where then meant to be given to the passing crowd. In the FTC and VEX section manned by two people, they used the matted field to hold Windsor (FTC World Championship Robot Participant), and four VEX square bots. The FTC robot was manned by one member, who demonstrated its efficiency on the field. As for the VEX square bots, their purpose was the same as the FLL remote controlled robots.
The overall attendance of the event was about one hundred people with a 1:1 child adult ratio. Outside the demonstration, many children walked about to their designated areas with their parents. In addition, ASB entertained themselves with various games on the stage. Many adults who walked by often stopped and engaged in conversation with the members of the club who preceded to tell them about their club experiences and robocamp. As for the children, they situated themselves near the FLL and VEX robots where their goal seemed to destroy opposing robots. However, some children were entranced with the writing bot and its mechanics. Although many malfunctions occurred due to the sunlight, the robot still gathered a crowd as they waited to receive one of its drawings.
Overall, the event did well. As many onlookers were the parents of elementary school students, the club was able to help inspire the upcoming generation about STEM and persuade parents to place their children into robocamp. However, many times the members were overwhelmed by the amount of people as their numbers were quite small.
Time: 1-4PM
# of Members: 5
The Elementary School Science Olympics took place on May 31st, 2014 at 1-4PM in Carmenita Middle School. This local event was a competition between the students from various schools in the ABC Unified School District. The Whitney FLL, FTC, and VEX teams were all present at the event to help promote STEM, display the numerous aspects within the club, and convince parents and students alike to join in the RoboCamp program held in Whitney High School’s MPR.
Stephanie Qian, one of the members in the FTC team discovered and maintained communications with the organizers of the event while Tony Ngo gathered people within the club to participate. On the day of, Proud Heng and Tony Ngo brought the supplies for the set up of all three teams. The club was stationed behind Carmenita’s cafeteria, facing the opening ceremony stage. When trying to move back tables to make room for their own, the club was soon told to move them back and was vaguely guided to a different area. Eventually however, the club members were able to receive help from the bustling ASB members and teachers and an area was decided that contained numerous outlets for chargers and computers in the club. The FLL section was manned by two people and included a table and field that was set up with 3 remote control robots for parents and children alike to interact with. Furthermore, the various trophies from all different sections were displayed next to the writing bot, which was specially programmed to draw the club’s signature icon: Schmoe. These drawing where then meant to be given to the passing crowd. In the FTC and VEX section manned by two people, they used the matted field to hold Windsor (FTC World Championship Robot Participant), and four VEX square bots. The FTC robot was manned by one member, who demonstrated its efficiency on the field. As for the VEX square bots, their purpose was the same as the FLL remote controlled robots.
The overall attendance of the event was about one hundred people with a 1:1 child adult ratio. Outside the demonstration, many children walked about to their designated areas with their parents. In addition, ASB entertained themselves with various games on the stage. Many adults who walked by often stopped and engaged in conversation with the members of the club who preceded to tell them about their club experiences and robocamp. As for the children, they situated themselves near the FLL and VEX robots where their goal seemed to destroy opposing robots. However, some children were entranced with the writing bot and its mechanics. Although many malfunctions occurred due to the sunlight, the robot still gathered a crowd as they waited to receive one of its drawings.
Overall, the event did well. As many onlookers were the parents of elementary school students, the club was able to help inspire the upcoming generation about STEM and persuade parents to place their children into robocamp. However, many times the members were overwhelmed by the amount of people as their numbers were quite small.
For more information on the ABCUSD Elementary School Science Olympics: About the Competition - Elementary Science Olympics
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