Robotics
During the summer of 2007, 80 students at Richard T. Crane Technical Preparatory Common High School and William Rainey Harper High School participated in Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Keep Kids Learning Summer Initiative, designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn new subjects in creative ways that they might not have experienced during the school year. This summer, the students studied advanced robotics engineering.
Following a curriculum developed by Carnegie Mellon University, which incorporates the LEGO® NXT Mindstorm® robot platform, student teams learned to build real robots, using multimedia technology, while enhancing their mathematics and science knowledge and problem solving skills. As a culminating activity, the student teams demonstrated their knowledge and designs by engaging in a robotics exhibition. For the exhibition, the students had to design and program their robots to complete the obstacles presented in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) LEGO® League 2006 Nano Quest Challenge.
These students will continue their exploration of robotics by participating in the Chicago Science in the City: Robotics Challenge. The Challenge will take place from October 2nd to October 13th, 2007. Students form Harper and Crane High Schools will again test their robots’ ability to complete the FIRST LEGO® League 2006 Nano Quest Challenge obstacles. A total of 16 teams will participate in preliminary competitions held at the Chicago Science in the City kick-off in Daley Plaza on October 2nd and the first two Chicago Science in the City neighborhood carnivals, October 6th at the North Park Village Nature Center and October 8th at the Garfield Park Conservatory. The eight teams that earn the highest overall scores in the preliminary rounds will be invited to the final round of competition held during the Saturday, October 13th Chicago Science in the City neighborhood carnival at Kennedy-King College.
This program would not be possible without the generous support of our many partners. Of particular note we would like to thank LEGO® Education, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) and Agape Werks
If you have any questions about this program please contact us at contactus@chicagoscienceinthecity.org.
