Tuesday, 08 May 2012 01:57
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| Feel the Thunder and join the Truck Town Thunder Robotics team for an innovative week long day camp for kids ages 8-14. Teachers, Engineers and Students from Truck Town Thunder will guide kids through learning about robotics and engineering. Kids will learn about design, programming, in astructure competitive environment. Kids par ticipating in the FIRST Lego League will get an introduction to the upcoming season. Kids will learn about teamwork and working together with other students to compete in an excellent design challenge. Kids will get a chance to see and operate Truck Town Thunder’s Robot and learn about the ideals of FIRST. Kids will also have an opportunity to beat the heat with a swimming session at the Brandon Aquatics and Fitness Center. Each Pre-Registered Camper will receive a T-Shirt for participating in the camp and will be asked to wear it the last day of camp. Register soon, space is limited.
Cost: $100
Dates: June 25-29, 2012
Times: 9am to 4pm
Location: Brandon ITEC Center, 609 S. Ortonville Rd. Ortonville, MI
Lunch Included
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 00:26
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| Truck Town Thunder hosts a Junior FIRST Lego League (Jr.FLL) competition each year. Jr.FLL is a league made to inspire six to nine year olds in the fields of Science, Technology, and Engineering. Each year, a new challenge is created to inspire youth to come up with a creative solution to a real world issue. For example, this year’s challenge topic food safety, called Snack Attack.
Teams take a "hands on" approach to the topic by exploring how proper preparation and storage can help keep us healthy. Each Jr.FLL team has to create a model representing what they learned about food safety using simple machine using LEGO ramps, levers, pulleys, gears, wheels and axles, screws, or wedges. Students on our team walk around and talk to teams about their model and what they learned.
 At the end of the competition we hand out awards to each team. Our team members learn how to communicate with kids and teach them about FIRST. As a team we learn to work together to organize and budget a major event. FIRST Team 68 strives to spread the word of FIRST and really enjoys running this event every year.
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Truck Town Thunder has been working with younger kids to inspire them to become part of an FRC team when they are older. Truck Town Thunder hosts a Junior Lego League Competition annually at the Huron Valley Expo located in Lakeland High School. In June, Truck Town Thunder hosts Truck Town's Thundering Lego Robotics Camp at Brandon High School. At the camp, T3 team members help teach 8-14 year olds how to build and program Lego Mindstorms NXT robots. Campers are exposed to engineering skill in order to encourage STEM at a young age. Truck Town Thunder also mentors an FLL team, the Brandon Wolf Pack. |
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