Decatur City Schools Robotics
E-News September 2015
New Decatur City Schools Robotics Facebook Page
2016 Robotics Expo!
LEGO EV3 PROGRAMMING TRAINING OCTOBER 6th
The trainer is Laura Jackson from Lego Education, Kansas City. She is a retired science teacher and a 9- year First Lego League Coach and judge. I have spoken with Laura and she wants to customize this training to meet our specific needs. She will include activities using all the EV-3 sensors and tie this into activities that you can use with your school club.
The focus of each session will be on programming the EV-3. You will need to come to training with the following:
EV-3 Educator Vehicle (assembled from one of your EV-3 kits)
The directions can be found in the booklet that was included in the kit or download the instructions at: http://robotsquare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/45544_educator.pdf.
Bring the remainder of the EV-3 kit also- we will be adding sensors and you will need those additional pieces!
Also, bring a laptop with the EV3 Software loaded.
UPDATE THE FIRMWARE ON YOU BRICK.
HOW TO UPDATE THE BRICK FIRMWARE
- First, make sure that the EV3 is on and connected to the computer.
- Under Tools on the menu at the top of the screen, choose Firmware Update.
A pop-up window will appear, showing you the current firmware on the EV3 and the version(s) available for download to the EV3. - Select the firmware version you wish to use (probably the most recent one) and click Download.
- The EV3screen will go blank. As the firmware download progresses, the Preparing EV3 Brick and Downloading bars will chart its progress. Once the download is complete, a pop-up window will say “Firmware update successful!”
- Close both pop-up windows. Your EV3 firmware is now ready to use.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROBOTICS CLUBS
Austinville Elementary School
Banks-Caddell Elementary School
Benjamin Davis Elementary School
Andrea Richardson, Teacher
Ben Davis has a robotics class for all 2nd graders 75 minutes weekly during the 2nd 9 weeks. The 1st 9 weeks is spent teaching them about simple machines in STEM .
Chestnut Grove Elementary School
Eastwood Elementary School
Francis Nungester Elementary School
Julian Harris Elementary School
Leon Sheffield Elementary Magnet School
Somerville Road Elementary School
Walter Jackson Elementary School
West Decatur Elementary School
Woodmeade Elementary School
EV3 Robotics Resources
EV3 Tutorial: http://www.stemcentric.com/ev3-tutorial/
Robotics Lessons: http://www.ku-prism.org/resources/polar/robotlessons.html
NASA Robotics Lesson Plans: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/robotics/lessonplans/#.U7oZ_XkZdg0
MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAMS
Brookhaven Middle School
Cedar Ridge Middle School
Oak Park Middle School
Oak Park Middle School and Cedar Ridge Middle School are participating in FLL this year!!
The best way to summarize FIRST LEGO League is to say that it is a robotics program for 9 to 16 year olds (9 to 14 in US/CAN/MEX), which is designed to get children excited about science and technology -- and teach them valuable employment and life skills. Teams, composed of up to ten students with at least one adult coach, can also be associated with a pre-existing club or organization, homeschooled, or just be a group of friends who wish to do something awesome.
In FLL, the students do the work! And the work is programming an autonomous robot (using the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robot set) to score points on a thematic playing surface, creating an innovative solution to a problem as part of their project, all while being guided by the FLL Core Values. These three elements - the Robot Game, Project, and FLL Core Values - make up what we call the FLL yearly Challenge.
HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS
DARC Robotics
Susan Haddock, Sponsor Kent Sanders, Assistant Coach
Joey Haddock, Steven Lamb, Doug Shoemaker,Marc Stewart, Anita Blunier, and Dana Stewart, Mentors
DARC participates in the BEST Robotics Competition
You get BEST, a middle and high school robotics competition whose mission is to engage and excite students about engineering, science, and technology as well as inspire them to pursue careers in these fields.
Through participation in our project-based STEM program, students learn to analyze
and solve problems utilizing the Engineering Design Process, which helps them develop technological literacy skills. It is these skills that industry seeks in its workforce.
Each fall, over 850 middle and high schools and over 18,000 students participate in the competition.
This year's theme is "Pay Dirt".
2015 Tennessee Valley BEST Kick-Off
Tennessee Valley BEST Kick-Off
Saturday, Sep 19, 2015, 09:00 AM
Calhoun Community College, U.S. 31, Tanner, AL, United States
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Lego EV3 Robotics Training
Tuesday, Oct 6, 2015, 08:30 AM
Calhoun Community College, U.S. 31, Tanner, AL, United States
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Tennessee Valley BEST Competition
Saturday, Oct 31, 2015, 09:00 AM
Calhoun Community College, U.S. 31, Tanner, AL, United States
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South's BEST Robotics Competition
Saturday, Dec 5, 2015, 08:00 AM
Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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