Overview: Through hands-on activities, field trips and guest speakers, 9th-12th grade high school students will learn about energy, forces and motion and robotics. The final product will be students working in small teams to develop a model robot that could perform remote work on a another planet. Take a look at the campstudentflyerpdf.pdf and campteacherflyerpdf.pdf. Check out the Team videos here. These were shot over the course of the two-week camp then the teams compiled the footage for a 5 minute video demonstrating what they did and learned during the camp.
Students will: - Learn about energy and forces and motion - Learn about robotics - Build a robotic model for NASA to work on another planet - Learn from real scientists - Earn college credit (11th and 12th graders only) - Learn hands-on science and engineering
The project is funded through the Robert H. Mollohan Family Charitable Foundation (http://www.mollohanfoundation.org/) and is designed and facilitated by The JASON Project (www.jason.org). Other partners include: - WVU CEMR Robotics Center - NASA IV & V Facility - NASA Educator Resource Center - National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) - West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation
- Mountaineer Area RoboticS MARSFIRST.org (with guidance from Dr. Earl Scime-WVU)
Schedule
July 7-8: Teacher Training- 8:30-4:00 High Tech Center-Fairmont (teachers only)
July 11-15: Student Camp Week 1- I79 High Tech Center-Fairmont 8:30-2:00 (Teachers from 8:00-3:30)
July 18-22: Student Camp Week 2- I79 High Tech Center-Fairmont 8:30-2:00 (Teachers from 8:00-3:30)
WV STEM Robotics Camp (Summer, 2011)
Overview: Through hands-on activities, field trips and guest speakers, 9th-12th grade high school students will learn about energy, forces and motion and robotics. The final product will be students working in small teams to develop a model robot that could perform remote work on a another planet. Take a look at the campstudentflyerpdf.pdf and campteacherflyerpdf.pdf. Check out the Team videos here. These were shot over the course of the two-week camp then the teams compiled the footage for a 5 minute video demonstrating what they did and learned during the camp.Students will:
- Learn about energy and forces and motion
- Learn about robotics
- Build a robotic model for NASA to work on another planet
- Learn from real scientists
- Earn college credit (11th and 12th graders only)
- Learn hands-on science and engineering
The project is funded through the Robert H. Mollohan Family Charitable Foundation (http://www.mollohanfoundation.org/) and is designed and facilitated by The JASON Project (www.jason.org). Other partners include:
- WVU CEMR Robotics Center
- NASA IV & V Facility
- NASA Educator Resource Center
- National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)
- West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation
- Mountaineer Area RoboticS MARSFIRST.org (with guidance from Dr. Earl Scime-WVU)
Schedule
July 7-8: Teacher Training- 8:30-4:00 High Tech Center-Fairmont (teachers only)
July 11-15: Student Camp Week 1- I79 High Tech Center-Fairmont 8:30-2:00 (Teachers from 8:00-3:30)
July 18-22: Student Camp Week 2- I79 High Tech Center-Fairmont 8:30-2:00 (Teachers from 8:00-3:30)
Location
I-79 High Tech Center in Fairmont, WV
For more information, contact Ron Harrison at rharrison@jason.org