LEGO Robotics at Lafayette Elementary
We’re excited to be partnering with our favorite STEAM teacher, Ms Tong, to bring a limited BETA program to Lafayette Elementary in the Outer Richmond District of San Francisco!
The program will consist of up to twenty 4th and 5th graders working for 90 minutes a week from April 15 - May 20. We hope that the BETA program will help train some teachers and parent volunteers on the LEGO robotics program, with the goal of expanding the offering as we move into the 2024/2025 school year.
Volunteer opportunities
Lego Sorting Parties
Please come help us prep the robotics kits for use this spring. It’s fun AND rewarding! Click the links below to add your contact info.
March 19, 6-8pm at Bazaar Cafe
March 21, 6-8pm - Promenade Cafe
Teacher and Parent Volunteer Training
We will be training teachers and a select group of parent volunteers for the spring ‘24 BETA program. The classes will be on Mondays from 2:30-4pm, running April 15 - May 20. Parent volunteers must be available for all 6 sessions as well as possibly supporting in creating some documentation for future classes.
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Program details
During the first half of the program, students will build an introductory robot model and learn to use the programming software. After completing this quick build, they will have working, programmable robot in the first class. They learn to operate their robots by writing a program containing motor commands to make it navigate a maze, then they add sounds to match the robot's movements.
Once they have mastered the basics of movement, we introduce them to sensors and teach them how to create programs that will allow their robots to react to objects in their way, follow a line on the ground, navigate through a maze autonomously and operate by remote control!
For their second robot, all teams build the EV3RSTORM model, a humanoid bot that modify as they see fit for a final robot showdown in the arena. Competition averse people fear not! We have perfected a scoring system that keeps things fun but not too competitive, so everyone has fun.
For more information and visuals, check out this video shot by a local indie news channel in Brooklyn a “few” years ago: