Passing this along from Techbrick. :)
Cari Norton
FLL Team #71
 
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From TechBrick: Photos of the new FTC System and Game
 
If you have an older FLL team or a students who have aged out of FLL
consider FTC for this year or next. FTC takes all the fun of FLL and adds
more sophisticated programming and robotics parts and tools along with
robust challenges.
 
The are many reasons to keep your students in these programs, not the least
of which is college entrance. 
 
My daughter went to Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA for a potential
student open house last month. In a room of 198 men and 2 women (one was
Amy) the leader asked two questions: "How many of you have already done some
programming? How many of you have been involved in FIRST?" They feel FIRST
is a good foundation for STEM education and so do more than 200 other
colleges and universities that offer scholarships to FIRST participants at
the High School Level.
 
So take a look. We've got some photos of the new system and links to all of
US FIRST's FTC resources.
 
http://www.techbrick.com/Lego/LEGO2008/Resources/FTC
 
For those of you who are FLL mentors the FTC program is very attractive.
First, you can actually participate in the work. Second, it is largely run
by the students themselves and does not require the same level of effort as
FLL teams on the part of the mentors.

// Marco
Lead Mentor
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Marco Ciavolino
TechBrick Robotics
1603 Belvue Drive
Forest Hill, MD 21050
410.838.8264
fax 1-413-410-2773
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