I’m a junior in high school and part of the robotics team. I was thinking one day that the elementary schools need something like a robot club. Maybe just a 1-2 week thing with say 10-15 kids just to get them interested in engineering/robotics. What type of stuff would be good to teach 6th graders, and who should I contact about starting a little mini club.
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots. Robotics is related to the sciences of electronics, engineering, mechanics mechatronics, and software
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The word robotics was derived from the word robot, which was introduced to the public by Czech writer Karel Čapek in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which premiered in 1921.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word robotics was first used in print by Isaac Asimov, in his science fiction short story "Liar!", published in May 1941 in Astounding Science Fiction. Asimov was unaware that he was coining the term; since the science and technology of electrical devices is electronics, he assumed robotics already referred to the science and technology of robots. In some of Asimov's other works, he states that the first use of the word robotics was in his short story Runaround (Astounding Science Fiction, March 1942). However, the word robotics appears in "Liar!"
The word robotics was derived from the word robot, which was introduced to the public by Czech writer Karel Čapek in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which premiered in 1921.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word robotics was first used in print by Isaac Asimov, in his science fiction short story "Liar!", published in May 1941 in Astounding Science Fiction. Asimov was unaware that he was coining the term; since the science and technology of electrical devices is electronics, he assumed robotics already referred to the science and technology of robots. In some of Asimov's other works, he states that the first use of the word robotics was in his short story Runaround (Astounding Science Fiction, March 1942). However, the word robotics appears in "Liar!"
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It would be tough to get sixth graders to build a robot because they are a little too young to understand how to build one. If you try to, though, you would speak to your principal. Then you need to get signatures (maybe from the middle school kids?) to prove that it would be an active club. After that, you need to help them find an advisor and some members (and one who would be the president).
Maybe your club in high school can go to the middle school and teach them the basics. I’m sure that will make an impression on some of the kids and then they will want to join it in high school (or in middle school if you get one running).
Good luck!
for your info i am 10 yrs old and in 6th grade they moved me up 2 levels! we are not to little to uderstand how to do this!!!!
I run a robotics club for a junior high school with 7th and 8th graders. We use the Lego Mindstorms kits. http://mindstorms.lego.com/ In my district, it is required that a teacher oversee any clubs. You may want to contact a technology teacher at the 6th grade level to discuss the contributions you can make.