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Education Foundation grants support robotics, Lego learning projects

Posted at 12:57 pm March 23, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Jefferson Middle School Master Builders

Two members of the Jefferson Middle School Master Builders team are preparing their robot to solve missions at a FIRST Lego League mission table. (Photo by Yvonne Dalschen)

 

At Linden Elementary School, Lisa Buckner’s third-graders are building robots and Lego floats representing continents in a months-long project aimed at engaging them in learning, problem solving, and creative and critical thinking.

The 38 members of Oak Ridge High School’s Secret City Robotics team are solving real-world problems as they build and program a 120-pound robot to enter FIRST Robotics Competitions as an extra-curricular activity.

Teachers view robots and Lego sets as tools giving Oak Ridge students opportunities to collaborate, design, build, and solve problems as they learn engineering, science, and technology skills, both inside and outside the classroom.

The Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation supported these activities with $18,700 in grants last year to teachers at the Oak Ridge High School, Jefferson and Robertsville middle schools, and Linden Elementary School. The grants included a UT-Battelle donation of $10,000 directed to FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, and FIRST Lego League teams, all extra-curricular programs at the high school and middle schools. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Atomic City Invitational, Atomic Eagles, David Hundermark, FIRST, FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, FLL, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, Gordon Williams, grans, Janie Shanafield, Jefferson Middle School, Jessica Steed, JMS Master Builders, LEGO, Lego League, Lexie Scott, Linden Elementary School, Lisa Buckner, Making the Critical Difference, Master Builders, Ninjineers, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation, ORHS Engineering and Robotics Academy, Robertsville Middle School, robots, Rodney King, Secret City Robotics, Secret City Wildbots, Secret City Wildbots FIRST Robotics, Tech Challenge, UT-Battelle, Woodland Elementary School, Yvonne Dalschen

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