So I know you have all heard me mention on several occasions that
my oldest daughter goes to these workshops at the university three times a week. She has been doing this for some time now. I thought I'd share what that was all
about. Beware: proud mommy moment.
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| Passing inspection |
Chickadees 5871 is an all girls FIRST robotics team of high school
students interested in any and all aspects of engineering. After attending a meeting last fall in
October to introduce them to what FIRST Robotics is all about we were
hooked. It not only looked like a lot of
fun, but the potential to learn new things was staggering.
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| Getting the "Thunder Egg" ready for a match |
In December the team began to meet regularly to learn the various
skills they would need to be able to build their competition robot. They learned about electrical components,
software coding and even had to become certified in machining. I loved seeing the excitement building in
these girls with each accomplishment.
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| Chickadees 5871 is ready to go |
In January the robot build kicked off. They found out what obstacles their robot
would need to navigate and it was up to them to figure out how to build
something that could do these things.
And they did.
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| Castles, moats, draw bridges, and rough terrain are no problem for this team |
Last week was their regional competition and the culmination of what
they have been working so hard for. For
me it was tremendous fun to see what they done and then to put it into practice
as they competed with and against other robots.
The Chickadees began competition with a ranking of 30 out of
30. Once they got their feet wet and a
little experience under their belts they just got better and better. By the time all was said and done the
Chickadees finished in 9th place. A fantastic
finish for our rookie all girls team.
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| Tremendous amount of talent in these kids |
Although it was a lot of work and a tremendous time commitment on
everyone's part we are already excited for next fall and the opportunity to do
it all over again. A fantastic experience,
for sure. Go Chickadees!
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| My Chickadee |
Wow! I'd be super proud, too! I love seeing all girl teams do well at typically "boy" activities. :-)
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Me too. It has been a phenomenal experience.
DeleteThat is really awesome! What fun! I am so glad you shared this because I have never heard of it before.
ReplyDeleteI would be proud as a peacock too at the talent in your girl! Congratulations to your beautiful chickadee! :)
Watch for it. They are nationwide, in fact there was a team here from Duluth. The grade schoolers start out with lego robots. They are cuuuuuute!
DeleteThat is fantastic, plus I love a team of females in a male dominated event! You should be proud!
ReplyDeleteThey were the only all girls team competing. It was great to see how well they did.
DeleteThis is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it though? :)
DeleteThat is great! And I do love seeing girls do something that is predominantly boys. I would be super proud too.
ReplyDeleteIt was one of the neatest things I've ever seen. :)
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