The Emerald Coast Robotics Kick Off was Saturday, September 28. Robert Jernigan, OSA, and Beth Hanning, Doolittle Institute, hosted the event . Teams
from Davidson
and Shoal River Middle Schools, as well as Bob Sykes Elementary joined
them at the
Okaloosa STEMM Center to participate in Part 1 of our Natural Disaster
Challenge. Students completed a mock challenge to program their robot to
distribute food and water to shelters with the use of light and color
sensors.
Niceville
High School (NHS) students Matthew Helms and Reid Elliott taught
students to program robots using the new EV3 software. Ben Shuman, NHS
Robotics coach taught students about the idea way to build an EV3 robot.
Tim Sexton, Davidson Middle School brought his new set of 15 EV3 robots
to share. Four
Middle and Elementary schools participated with 8 coaches, 63 students, 20
Niceville High School student helpers, 1 Collegiate High School helper and 31 volunteers and observers.
Part 2 of the Challenge will take place at Bob Sikes Elementary on October 26, hosted by Coach Ulanda Nunn and Dottie Holland. Coaches Laurie Allen, Shoal River Middle School
and Tim Sexton will talk more in depth about the Florida Lego League
(FLL) Nature's Fury Challenge to the students at that time.
