Hello all! It’s been awhile since we’ve posted about fischertechnik, so let me pick up where we left off in November. Last time around I was telling you about the students learning STEM at Westfield Vocational Technical High School in MA, and how they were beginning their first hands-on project using the fischertechnik STEM Lab Program. As I mentioned previously, … Read More
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Here’s a look at how teacher Dave Roberts and the students at Westfield Vocational Technical High School in Westfield, MA are progressing with the fischertechnik STEM Lab Program. When we last visited them, the students had just started to familiarize themselves with the fischertechnik construction system itself. Now, just a few weeks later, they have already completed the initial unit … Read More
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In case you missed the big news that was all over the wire services and the internet a week or so back, Studica recently selected Westfield Vocational Technical High School to act as a model school for the fischertechnik STEM Lab Program. As you probably know from our past blog postings, the fischertechnik STEM Lab Program incorporates the state-of-the-art fischertechnik … Read More
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Studica Ltd, has partnered with Burton Electro-Technical to create a new way to teach Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Automation to Secondary and Post-Secondary students. Bringing PLC into the Classroom Norman Burton of Burton Electro-Technical has just completed an installation for a University in Ontario which included PLC integration with the fischertechnik 3D Robot and the fischertechnik Indexed Line. These … Read More
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We work with numerous schools and educators who are gearing up to incorporate the fischertechnik STEM Lab Program into their classroom activities. But while we are understandably both very proud of, and excited about this new standards focused, project-based learning STEM education solution that combines comprehensive curriculum with the fischertechnik construction system, it is still only one part of what … Read More
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Did you know you can now turn an ordinary myDAQ with LabVIEW into a programmable action controller? We sat down with esteemed STEM educator, Tom White, to talk about the new mySTEM Board miniSystem which he designed to do just that. This is how he explains the new miniSystem for myDAQ, why it was created and how it can help teach … Read More
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We just returned from attending the big US News STEM Conference in Austin, TX. Needless to say, this was a great opportunity for us to connect one-on-one with many of the movers and shakers in the STEM education community, from curriculum developers and district heads, to executives from corporations like Shell Oil, and IBM. Advocates of STEM Education While they … Read More
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As we gear up for a series of new fischertechnik product releases in the coming two months…including the all-new Optics set, the huge Power Machines set (the largest fischertechnik set to date!), and the new Oeco Energy and Fuel Cell Kits…I thought it might be interesting to take a look at a few of the cool products from the earlier … Read More
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For today’s blog entry, I wanted to share some information on the new fischertechnik STEM solutions product releases for the 2013, including the all new Optics set. This year will feature 5 all new kits from fischertechnik, as well as 2 upgrades to existing sets. This includes three additions to the Basic Line and one to the Advanced line (both … Read More
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fischertechnik Robotics Competition Lab is now an approved platform in the Skills British Columbia 2013 Competition.The New fischertechnik Robotics Competition Lab is now being used in another Provincial Skills competition. This complete kit offers Teachers the ability to deliver hands on STEM education to their students in the Classroom or in a Club. Skills British Columbia has featured the GEARBOTS … Read More
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