SocEnt
Legos@IMSA
Location
Room #2 (A151)
Document Type
Presentation
Type
Social Entrepreneurship (SocEnt)
UN Sustainable Development Goal
UNSDG #4: Quality Education
Start Date
26-4-2023 9:40 AM
End Date
26-4-2023 9:55 AM
Abstract
FIRST Lego League (FLL) is intended for kids ages 9-16 and uses Lego Education Spike Prime sets to teach kids how to build a robot to complete challenges. FLL allows young children to learn engineering skills to apply to other FIRST competitions, such as FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) and FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), as well as in other STEM fields and future careers. FLL aims to fill the absence of robotics programs in schools without early engagement in engineering by hosting a non-profit program at IMSA’s campus that meets weekly. IMSA already has the infrastructure to host programs (Promise, Summer at IMSA, ALLIES, etc) and, with a small investment for equipment that can be reused over the years, FLL can be run as a non-profit. During the FLL team sessions at IMSA, students will follow a structured curriculum taught by IMSA students in FTC and FRC where students are able to explore and build different aspects of the robot. FLL can expand to schools and community centers in less-wealthy areas with outside funding. This will allow equal and high-quality education to all students which will prepare them for both life and engineering challenges.
Legos@IMSA
Room #2 (A151)
FIRST Lego League (FLL) is intended for kids ages 9-16 and uses Lego Education Spike Prime sets to teach kids how to build a robot to complete challenges. FLL allows young children to learn engineering skills to apply to other FIRST competitions, such as FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) and FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), as well as in other STEM fields and future careers. FLL aims to fill the absence of robotics programs in schools without early engagement in engineering by hosting a non-profit program at IMSA’s campus that meets weekly. IMSA already has the infrastructure to host programs (Promise, Summer at IMSA, ALLIES, etc) and, with a small investment for equipment that can be reused over the years, FLL can be run as a non-profit. During the FLL team sessions at IMSA, students will follow a structured curriculum taught by IMSA students in FTC and FRC where students are able to explore and build different aspects of the robot. FLL can expand to schools and community centers in less-wealthy areas with outside funding. This will allow equal and high-quality education to all students which will prepare them for both life and engineering challenges.