San Jose Oak Grove High School Eaglebots Sweep Decisive Botball Robotics Victory
Education Desk
May 18, 2009
Eaglebots invited to attend June 30 - July 7, 2009 International Botball Championship in Washington D.C.; NASA, Alta Devices, Yahoo, Caywood Foundation, and Other Silicon Valley Corporations Sponsor Northern California Champion Oak Grove High School 'Eaglebot' Botball Educational Robotics Champions.
The KISS Institute for Practical Robotics KIPR declares the San Jose Oak Grove High School Eaglebot Team as the 2009 Northern California Botball Educational Robotics Tournament winner on Saturday, March 28 2009 , at Mt. Pleasant High School at 1750 White Rd. in San Jose . An estimated 200 spectators cheered for the 25 Northern California Botball teams during the final Northern California competition.
The twenty members of the Northern California champion Botball Robotics Competition Oak Grove 'Eaglebots' who swept the Northern California 's Championship Title, are currently raising funds to cover the estimated $25,000 required to attend the prestigious international Botball conference in Washington D.C. from June 30 - July 7, 2009.
Oak Grove High School is part of the low income East Side Union High School District in San Jose and funds are not available from the school for the trip. Donations are sought to allow the Eaglebots to attend this prestigious and life changing conference. The annual International Botball Tournament takes place during the Global Conference on Educational Robotics . More than 6,000 international students participate in Botball every year and more than 60,000 have competed over 11 years. In 2009, teams from 23 states and 6 countries will participate in Botball.
Please see the website for more information and for instructions on donating or helping fund the trip to Washington D.C: http://www.regathon.com/eaglebots The Botball Educational Robotics Program engages middle and high school aged students in a team-oriented robotics competition that develops students' science, technology, engineering, computer science and math skills. In Botball, all the design, coding, and building of robots is done by students, and no machining is necessary.. The theme of this year's game was 'Alternative Energy'.
NASA has sponsored Botball Robotics for over ten years. Several students who have participated in Botball have become NASA interns. NASA uses autonomous robots in space and planetary exploration, and they use Botball as an opportunity to reach out to future engineers and help them get relevant hands-on experience and skills. Terry Grant, a NASA Associate, has been personally supporting the Botball Program as a volunteer for many years, going to schools and teaching programming. He said, 'In this environment kids learn how to work together, connecting with the technology and understanding how it is relevant in a way that is impossible to get from lectures or books...and they come away inspired to learn more! My only concern is how to make experiences like these available to all our youth; I see it as critical to our future.'
For more information about Botball please see: Botball.org/a>.
The KISS Institute for Practical Robotics KIPR declares the San Jose Oak Grove High School Eaglebot Team as the 2009 Northern California Botball Educational Robotics Tournament winner on Saturday, March 28 2009 , at Mt. Pleasant High School at 1750 White Rd. in San Jose . An estimated 200 spectators cheered for the 25 Northern California Botball teams during the final Northern California competition.
The twenty members of the Northern California champion Botball Robotics Competition Oak Grove 'Eaglebots' who swept the Northern California 's Championship Title, are currently raising funds to cover the estimated $25,000 required to attend the prestigious international Botball conference in Washington D.C. from June 30 - July 7, 2009.
Oak Grove High School is part of the low income East Side Union High School District in San Jose and funds are not available from the school for the trip. Donations are sought to allow the Eaglebots to attend this prestigious and life changing conference. The annual International Botball Tournament takes place during the Global Conference on Educational Robotics . More than 6,000 international students participate in Botball every year and more than 60,000 have competed over 11 years. In 2009, teams from 23 states and 6 countries will participate in Botball.
Please see the website for more information and for instructions on donating or helping fund the trip to Washington D.C: http://www.regathon.com/eaglebots The Botball Educational Robotics Program engages middle and high school aged students in a team-oriented robotics competition that develops students' science, technology, engineering, computer science and math skills. In Botball, all the design, coding, and building of robots is done by students, and no machining is necessary.. The theme of this year's game was 'Alternative Energy'.
NASA has sponsored Botball Robotics for over ten years. Several students who have participated in Botball have become NASA interns. NASA uses autonomous robots in space and planetary exploration, and they use Botball as an opportunity to reach out to future engineers and help them get relevant hands-on experience and skills. Terry Grant, a NASA Associate, has been personally supporting the Botball Program as a volunteer for many years, going to schools and teaching programming. He said, 'In this environment kids learn how to work together, connecting with the technology and understanding how it is relevant in a way that is impossible to get from lectures or books...and they come away inspired to learn more! My only concern is how to make experiences like these available to all our youth; I see it as critical to our future.'
For more information about Botball please see: Botball.org/a>.
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