These days there is a tremendous amount of interest in robotic competitions and events, both as a tool for facilitating active classroom participation, as well as for extracurricular activities. One of the biggest robotic competitions in the world is the RoboCup, which this year alone will have hosted events in Mexico, Germany, Iran, Austria, the Netherlands, Canada, Turkey and Japan. … Read More
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This week our amazing interns worked with many fischertechnik robotics kits. If you haven’t heard of them, fischertechnik is a company provides robotics kits for students of all ages to learn how the things around them actually work. The 3 different models that we built at Studica this week were: Pinball machine Ball Obstacle Course from the New ROBO TX … Read More
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Distinguished Educator and STEM Program Designer, Tom White, has created a new STEM Lab Curriculum programs for fischertechnik. These are standards-based curriculum that involve problem solving, design and inquiry.
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This year’s VEX robotics competition game, Sack Attack, involves ninety eight green Sacks and four gold Bonus Sacks, four Trough goals, four floor goals, and one high goal.
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Join Studica and the Infinity Project as we present a free, live webcast of “STEM Education Program with High-Tech Engineering”. Learn new ways to prepare your students for success in the 21st century.
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…share a small sampling of videos which show some of the really intriguing devices you can build with fischertechnik that go above and beyond the models you’ll find in your instruction books. I always like to use the sets, whether in a classroom or a personal setting, as a starting point…
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Ten teams participated in this year’s challenge where the competing teams were required to program a fischertechnik Robo-TX Explorer robot using the latest recently released Microsoft Robotics Development Studio 4 (that is available as a free download)
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Members of Studica’s Canadian office are currently attending the Ontario Technological Skills Competition in Waterloo, Ontario. This the largest skilled trades competition in Canada with approximately 1900 students competing.
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National InstruScience Technology Engineering Mathments and The Infinity Project are hosting a webinar for educations across the US that are interested in increasing student engagement in STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering & Math] through high-tech engineering.
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This year there was a VEX Robotics competition right around the corner from the Ontario office of Studica Limited. Rick Hansen Secondary School hosted the Mississauga VEX Robotics Championship on 25 February and with the help of teacher John Hobbins and his excellent group of volunteers the event was an outstanding success.
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