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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Free STEM Education Webinar
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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Mississauga VEX Robotics Championship
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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Real World Robotics are Possible Everywhere
The basis behind these designs would seem to stem from the tasks that the robots are designed to perform. Tasks that, not unlike those performed by the tenderhearted and personified WALL-E, require three major components: Chassis & Drive System, Control Unit and Tool/Manipulator
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Great Items from K12Lab
K12Lab posted it’s Best of 2011 List, here are some of the highlights:
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Building ‘Out of the Box’ with fischertechnik
Kits are available that address many different areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education, from physics to pneumatics, robotics to renewable energies, as well as fundamentals of gears, structures, bracing, simple machines, and so much more.
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Using fischertechnik in Your Classroom—Part 2:
While the above example relates to an engineering classroom, a similar challenge could be posed to students using any of the other fischertechnik sets. Students working with, for example, the da Vinci Machines set might be asked how an improvement could be made to his original design of the file cutting machine which might improve the safety of use, or students using the Oeco Tech and Hydro Cell kits
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Using fischertechnik in Your Classroom—Part 1:
On top of this, fischertechnik is also ideal for developing many other skills and aptitudes that go across all subject areas…skills such as abstract thinking, developing hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills, problem solving and team work. You can find out more about these areas, as well as an overview of the core educational products, the subjects they address, and the ITEA created “Standards for Technological Literacy”
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