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.
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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