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thinks Allison Babcock & 1747 ROCK!
AKA: goosefrom71
 FRC #1747 (Harrison Boiler Robotics/ Team Hammond)
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Rookie Year: 2002
Location: Hammond, IN/West Lafayette, IN
Posts: 545
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Re: Way to get kids to join a team
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Originally Posted by Aignam
Oh, let 'em drive the robot. That's by far the best way to get kids interested.
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This works amazingly, from our experience. We start the interest in robotics early by having team members mentor lego league. Later on we have the annual "kids night" and open house right before ship date, where our families, sponsors, and a ton of kids can come in and view the robot and ask any questions they might have about the program. We also take the robot to parades and back to school nights at our four high schools in order to promote the program at the high school level. However, the majority of our students came to the program by hearing about it from students already on the team, so talk talk talk about robotics all the time, and how awesome it is (the preseason, build season, and esp. competition!), and you're bound to get a couple people interested enough to join the team.
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1747- Rookie Inspiration Award Winners @ Buckeye- 2006
Highest Rookie Seed- Buckeye- 2006
Autodesk Visualization Award- Buckeye- 2006
Rookie All-Star- Boilermaker- 2006
Technokats' Spirit of Indiana Award- IRI- 2006
Congrats to Allison Babcock- WFA St. Louis Regional!!
Former Member of Team Hammond 71: 2002-2004 +2001 CDI
Former Mentor for Team 1747: 2006
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