Fall K-12 Education and Outreach
The AdamBots have focused on community outreach this fall. One of our focal points is K-12 STEM education. We have continued to conduct BASES classes at local elementary schools. Additionally, starting in early October, the AdamBots have mentored students for FLL (FIRST Lego League). We invited 4th and 5th grade students from Long Meadow Elementary and Brewster Elementary. Twice a week AdamBots team members introduce concepts and guide students through building robots to complete several tasks. They will be put to the test on November 19 when the students have their competition.
The OCCRA team has been going strong. The first competition on October 22 at West Bloomfield started out rocky, but by the end we had a successfully performing robot and had won a match. We made tremendous improvement by the second competition on October 27 at Our Lady of the Lakes. Our team was recognized with the Judge's Award for overall excellence of program. After this, the AdamBots hosted a competition on November 5. Our whole team prepared and cleaned up the field before and after the event, as well as staying to support the OCCRA team. The team performed exceptionally. We placed 4th, missing the podium by tiebreakers only. Most recently, the team competed at Seaholm on November 10. We will be having the OCCRA Championships on November 19 at Walled Lake.
Beyond engineering education, the AdamBots volunteered at several events. On October 16, we went to Dinosaur Hill to clean up after the Halloween Hoot. We also held our annual Hunger Walk on October 30. We walked at the Rochester Municipal Park to raise money for the Rochester Hills Neighborhood House. The team raised over $400. Future outreach plans include walking in the Rochester Hometown Christmas Parade
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