Today I’d like to tell you about some special kits that will help you explore these areas, as well as many, many more. Introducing the fischertechnik Middle School STEM Lab and fischertechnik High School STEM Lab sets.
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Today I’d like to tell you about some special kits that will help you explore these areas, as well as many, many more. Introducing the fischertechnik Middle School STEM Lab and fischertechnik High School STEM Lab sets.
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Students from across the province gathered in Waterloo Ontario this week to promote, practice, and celebrate the technological trades available for students in today’s industries.
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The fischertechnik ROBO TX Automation Robots set acts as both a replacement and an upgrade to the recently retired “Industrial Robots II” kit. As you would guess from the name, this set addresses the construction and programming of the type of robots commonly found in industrial settings, such as automobile manufacturing, on a production line or in an automated warehouse.
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Drum roll please….
And the winners of the fischertechnik NSTA Giveaway are:
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The last two weeks have been very exciting in the Dufferin Peel District, with both the Elementary and Secondary Technical Skills Competitions being held with a pause in between for the FIRST Robotics Canada Greater Toronto Regional competition.
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For this, the first annual fischertechnik Design and Engineering Challenge, our goal is to find the VERY best of the best, those special machines which most effectively and creatively address the task of sorting materials based on color. One winner will be selected from both the middle school and high school level and will be crowned “America’s Best Marble Sorter 2011”.
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how fischertechnik can become a valuable tool in your classroom. Today we will look at one of my very favorite fischertechnik sets , the “Mechanic + Statics” set (item #93291), which is widely used in classes addressing such topics as Physics, Shop, Construction, Engineering, Bridge Building, and even Architecture.
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Information about Federal Perkins Funds for Schools.
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Reviewing actuators and sensors, the components that allow robots to get feedback on the environment around them, and to react to it.
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The fischertechnik construction system is widely used in schools for teaching all sorts of STEM Education (i.e. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) concepts, from the principles of Dynamics and Statics, to the fundamentals of electronics, to how renewable energy is created and used. But one of the most prominent uses of fischertechnik is in the area of Mechatronics, aka Robotics and Programming.
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