Summer 'Fun-duction' Camp
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In order to spread STEM into the local community, our leadership team planned and held a 5-day summer camp for elementary-middle school aged kids to come and work with high school robotics members and learn basics of robotics! They learned how fun robotics can be, applying designing, modeling, programming, and challenge-solving skills to solve a difficult challenge! The kids were able to find the different parts of robotics that they most loved and were connected with resources to use and practice the basic skills they learned in the camp to further their knowledge of STEM. A perfect balance of fun games and immersive robotics gave the students a learning experience they can use for the rest of their lives!
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Summer Recruitment Camp
Our leadership team planned and held a three-day summer camp for anyone interested in the club. On the first day we taught the participants everything there is to know about FTC, team fundamentals, and the basic design process. The next day, our focus was on CAD, programming, and beginning to build mini competition robots. On the third day, the students finished their mini competition robots and tested them, then we held the final competition - an original mini game that combined elements from Cascade Effect (2014-15), Res-Q (2015-16), and Velocity Vortex (2016-2017).
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Jackson Heights Middle School STEAM Night
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Hagerty Robotics members went to Jackson Heights Middle School to represent Hagerty High School at their annual STEAM night. We showcased our robotics teams by demoing the 4717 and the VEX robots while talking about FIRST and VEX competitions. We wanted to educate young minds about STEM and the FIRST organization, and inspire students to pursue the engineering field by getting them exciting about robots.
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Orlando Maker Faire
Hagerty Robotics attended the Orlando Maker Faire, an annual demonstration of DIY Projects, technology, and other fun projects by people in the community. We demonstrated our World-Champion Velocity Vortex robot Woody and wowed the crowds with its speed, agility, and ball-shooting ability. Hagerty allowed onlookers to have a chance at driving the robot and explained the design process and technological innovations that went into the robot and spread the interest of STEM to hundreds of attendees.
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FLL Regional Tournament
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Hagerty Robotics was invited to the regional FLL Competition to demo their robot and give expertise to younger teams. Kids from teams which came from all over watched our robot in action and even controlled it, and listened to experienced members talk about key factors that make up a successful FIRST robotics team.
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Evans Elementary
Hagerty Robotics members went to Evans Elementary school to mentor their FLL team. Our team taught them how to code and optimize their code as well as helping them with their core values board for their competition. Their robot was made of EV3 parts from LEGO MINDSTORMS kits to accomplish their challenge. We taught them how to make their robot "smarter" to accomplish their task more efficiently.
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FRC Orlando Regional
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Hagerty Robotics was invited to showcase FTC at the FRC 2018 Orlando Regional. They demonstrated their FTC robot from the previous year, "Woody", and showed off their robot reveal video for their current robot. Alongside an FLL and JFLL team, the club expressed gracious professionalism to all passersby, and promoted FIRST values.
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