As we kick-off the New Year, four of Highline Public Schools High Schools are in a major time crunch to design and build a functional and competitive robot in six Weeks.
These robots will be used to compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) starting in early March.
Known as “Sport for the Mindâ€, FIRST teams-up with Disney to create and release a game that requires students to use Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) to Compete.
The High Schools – Highline, Mount Rainier, Raisbeck Aviation and Technology Engineering & Communications (TEC) – are each building a robot that will compete in a Game called “FIRST Steamworks.† The object of the game that the robots must compete is reflected in the Game Animation attached below.
Each of these Teams will be competing in 2 District Events starting in early March in hopes to receive enough points to compete in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) Championship (includes Washington and Oregon Teams) in mid-April. Currently there are 155 Teams between the 2 states competing and only 64 will qualify to compete at the PNW Championship.
Here is the Kick-off Video from FIRST that the students saw to start their robot design and build:
If you would like to know more about these High School Robotics Teams, please visit their Team Websites listed Below.
- Highline High School:Â www.first3574.org
- Mount Rainier High School: Webpage in-work at time of publishing
- Raisbeck Aviation High School:Â www.skunkworks1983.com
- Technology Engineering & Communications (TEC):Â https://www.facebook.com/FIRST-FRC-Team-Panda-Machine-2942-225679620848324/
If you would like to know more about the Program or would like to help Sponsor, Mentor or Volunteer please feel free to email Darin Gee at dndgeez@msn.com.]]>
