AHS Robotics Team Works With Primary Students
December 4, 2015
The Alden High School Robotics team is responsible for a lot more than just building really cool robots. Another responsibility of the team is to facilitate community outreach. The team has put a lot of effort into Mother Son Night at the Primary school. They had set up three stations for the kids to do a robotics room, design rooms and coding room. In the Design Room led by Sara Pasternack, Primary School students were able to try Computer Animated Design or CAD. The students used TinkerCad, a free CAD software, to create their own designs. The students could also watch the 3d printers in action or a time lapse of a print. The Robotics Room was led by Kevin Mychajluk. In the Robotics Room, the younger kids were able to design their own car that they could race with others. The older 2nd and 3rd graders could design their own larger robot with motors that they could control. There were also pre-built robots that were being shown to the kids. In the Coding Room, led by Bryan Brown, kids were playing coding games. These were very simple games that the kids were able to code and then play. The Robotics Team was happy to help provide younger students with a unique STEAM experience The High School Robotics Team hopes that this gets them thinking about all of the great STEAM experiences that are ahead for these students at the Middle School and High School.
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Kearney Nicosia • Dec 11, 2015 at 8:08 am
I think this is a great way to get younger kids to understand technology since as they get older they will have to do a lot more assignments on the computer. I think that they did a nice thing for the kids. I’m glad that the high schooler’s are interacting with the younger kids.
Brendan • Dec 7, 2015 at 12:03 pm
I think that what the robotics team did was a nice, helping the younger kids understand what robotics was. Spreading their knowledge is exactly what we need out of people that have rare skills.
Jimmy Jablonski • Dec 7, 2015 at 11:59 am
I am glad I got to be apart of the team that ran this. I am disappointed that I could not be at the event, though this will be a great for the impressionable kids who are still trying to find what interests them. In later years these kids will be the future.
Rob Czechowski • Dec 7, 2015 at 11:41 am
It is great that the High School students were able to work with the primary school students. I think the primary school students would like all of the computer/ hands-on activities that they were able to do. The 2nd/3rd graders probably liked building the robots with the high schools students. Hopefully this experience will influence the little kids.
Nick Sacilowski • Dec 7, 2015 at 7:54 am
What an great way to get the younger crowd involved with robotics and engineering. I’m sure this will inspire them to take interest in these areas in the future. I just wish I could of been part of this event.