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December 2009 STEM related EVENTS
NFPA Fluid Power Challenge
The NFPA Fluid Power Challenge is a skills competition for 8th grade students, intended to expose students and teachers to engineering problem solving using fluid power technology. The Challenge is meant to complement the fluids section in many science and technology curricula and give students the hands-on experience of designing, building and demonstrating a fluid-power based mechanism to solve an assigned problem.
Interest in the Challenge has been overwhelming since its introduction in the 2007-2008 school year! The 2009 Challenge will take place in four different locations (two locations in Wisconsin)-bringing fluid power technology to more budding engineers at the middle school level. Space is again limited to 20 teams per site.
Date/Location: Marquette University - Milwaukee , WI
Workshop Day: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Challenge Day: Thursday, December 10, 2009
Date/Location: Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)
Workshop Day: Friday, November 6, 2009
Challenge Day: Friday, December 11, 2009
Information and the registration brochure regarding the 2009 NFPA Fluid Power Challenge are available at: http://www.nfpa.com/Education/NFPAFluidPowerChallenge.asp. Click on the logo at the bottom of the page of the site you would like to attend. Check out the Fluid Power video from last years competition.
The NFPA Fluid Power Challenge is a skills competition for 8th grade students, intended to expose students and teachers to engineering problem solving using fluid power technology. The Challenge is meant to complement the fluids section in many science and technology curricula and give students the hands-on experience of designing, building and demonstrating a fluid-power based mechanism to solve an assigned problem.
Interest in the Challenge has been overwhelming since its introduction in the 2007-2008 school year! The 2009 Challenge will take place in four different locations (two locations in Wisconsin)-bringing fluid power technology to more budding engineers at the middle school level. Space is again limited to 20 teams per site.
Date/Location: Marquette University - Milwaukee , WI
Workshop Day: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Challenge Day: Thursday, December 10, 2009
Date/Location: Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)
Workshop Day: Friday, November 6, 2009
Challenge Day: Friday, December 11, 2009
Information and the registration brochure regarding the 2009 NFPA Fluid Power Challenge are available at: http://www.nfpa.com/Education/NFPAFluidPowerChallenge.asp. Click on the logo at the bottom of the page of the site you would like to attend. Check out the Fluid Power video from last years competition.
Gearing Up (a documentary on the FIRST high school robotics program )
(Offering quality professional development based on national teacher standards)
Gearing Up, a one-hour documentary produced by KETC in St. Louis and Story House Productions in Washington, D.C. chronicles behind-the-scenes drama and excitement leading up to the 2008 FIRST Robotics National Competition. Teams receive identical robot kits with no instructions and have just six weeks to build a robot capable of performing specific tasks.
The documentary follows four teams through their regional competitions. Miss Daisy is a seasoned team from Ambler, Pennsylvania. RoboDoves is a small, all-girl rookie team from Baltimore, Maryland. Rambotics is a team of teenagers incarcerated at the Ridge View Academy correctional facility for boys in Watkins, Colorado. And Ratchet Rockers is a group of suburban kids from Wentzville, Missouri, near St. Louis.
All of the young people and their mentors demonstrate the ingenuity, determination and teamwork required to compete in FIRST Robotics – “the varsity sport of the mind.”
(Offering quality professional development based on national teacher standards)
Air date: December 30, 2009
TV Station:
Website: http://www.gearingupproject.org/
Gearing UP Promo:
Gearing Up, a one-hour documentary produced by KETC in St. Louis and Story House Productions in Washington, D.C. chronicles behind-the-scenes drama and excitement leading up to the 2008 FIRST Robotics National Competition. Teams receive identical robot kits with no instructions and have just six weeks to build a robot capable of performing specific tasks.
The documentary follows four teams through their regional competitions. Miss Daisy is a seasoned team from Ambler, Pennsylvania. RoboDoves is a small, all-girl rookie team from Baltimore, Maryland. Rambotics is a team of teenagers incarcerated at the Ridge View Academy correctional facility for boys in Watkins, Colorado. And Ratchet Rockers is a group of suburban kids from Wentzville, Missouri, near St. Louis.
All of the young people and their mentors demonstrate the ingenuity, determination and teamwork required to compete in FIRST Robotics – “the varsity sport of the mind.”