K-12 Workshop: Parents, Kids, and LEGOS. Tufts U., Mass. March 6
Posted on January 30th, 2010 by ASEE
The Tufts University Center for Engineering Education Parent and Child Workshop offers the opportunity for families to build and program their own LEGO inventions. Date: March 6, 2010, 9:00-12:00. Level: Grades K-12. Location: Tufts University CEEO on the Medford, Mass Campus. Cost: $75.
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Tags: Grades K-12, LEGOS, Programs for Families, Robotics
In this Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, Students will work to design, build, and program LEGO robots to participate in the LEGO Winter Olympics. Date: Jan 23, 2010. 9:00-12:00 – Grades 1-3, 1:00-4:00 – Grades 4-6. Location: Tufts University CEEO on the Medford Campus. Cost: $50
FIRST a nonprofit organization launched by inventor Dean Kamen to get kids enthused about STEM subjects, has joined with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to put together afterschool robotics courses for K-12 students.
Develop teamwork, logical and critical thinking and problem solving skills through assembling robots in a fun entertaining afterschool program.
Science teacher Paul McElligott and his students regularly compete for scholarship money and prizes. Here are some examples. 
Brief, engaging webisodes feature the work of Department of Defense engineers and scientists, ranging from dolphin training to austronauts’ high tech gloves to computer design of naval vessels. The web videos encourage student interest in STEM subjects and technical careers at a Defense laboratory.
The Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE) Center coordinates an international student ROV competition and a network of regional ROV contests that take place across the world. Student teams from middle schools, high schools, home schools, community colleges, and universities participate in the events, which consist of different “classes” that vary depending on the sophistication of the ROVs and the mission requirements.
BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology)
Apply as a high school student or as an Engineering Mentor to work on a Robotics team at a school near your area. The program works with FRIST , BEST and VEX robotics to help students connect with an activity in their area.
