Outreach Activities

When they aren't at competitions or building robots Robostangs can often be found around the community helping spread FIRST and it's ideals, providing assistance to other teams and helping those less fortunate.  Some examples of such activities are:

• Robostang Open House
  • An opportunity for members of the community to come learn about FIRST and our team
• Pennies for Peace
  • The Robostangs have involved the entire Northville High School community in collecting donations for a program known as Pennies for Peace.  This organization builds schools in Afghanistan to benefit children in that area.
• Robocamp

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    During the month of July in the summer, team members of the Robostangs hold a robocamp where they teach youths interested in robotics how to program in Robolab, a program used by elementary and middle school robotics teams, and how to build a basic robot.
• Victorian Festival

  

  • Every year during the Victorian festival the Robostangs have a booth that has a fun activity that youths can enjoy.
• Lego Robotics Mentors
  • Members of the Robostangs volunteer to mentor middle school and elementary school robotics teams with competitions such as FLL, Robofest, or Roborally. The mentors guide the team as they try to figure out how to win their challenge.

Upcoming Events

The Robostangs pride themselves on our ability to involve our community in activities that further their understanding of what FIRST is and what we are about.  Some of these events that will be coming up in the near future are:

• RoboCamp
  • RoboCamp is an opportunity to have fun with science and technology by learning to build and program Lego robots!  Engineering fundamentals will be taught as students experiment with introductory robot designs and programming techniques.  Four sessions of RoboCamp will be held.  Of these sessions 2 will be "Introductory" RoboCamp" and the other two will be "Advanced RoboCamp".  All sessions are two days long.  Questions?  Email NHSRoboCamp@gmail.com for answers!  If you are interested please print out the Application and follow the instructions.
    • Introductory RoboCamp is designed for rising 4^th through 6^th graders.  These sessions focus on the basics of Lego robot design and programming.  These sessions will be held on July 19^th-20^th and 26^th- 27^th.
    • Advanced RoboCamp is intended for 5^th through 7^th graders that have experience with Lego Robotics.  The curriculum of this camp is set up to teach students more difficult design and programming concepts.  These sessions will be held July 21^st-22^nd and 28^th-29^th.