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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
Mass, acceleration, force, energy, impulse, power, torque, metal fatigue, shear stress
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There is a lot of discussion in the technical forums here in CD regarding these principles, generated by students with input from the technical mentors. I see this every day, year round.
CD has had a lot of great stuff going on this summer in lots of areas, animation, websites, and programming as well. Team organization: fundraising, handbooks, travel as well.
The 6 week FIRST build session is an opportunity for engineers, teachers, students, and NEMs to come together and build. The robot is an obvious result of the build. The program and people may not be as obvious but they are equally as important.
The principles mentioned are taught by the teachers in the schools and can be enhanced, expanded, shown in a hands-on application by the engineers working with the teams. We can't turn off inspiration and recognition, development and learning with a switch. It is an on-going process. If it were not, there would be no need for CD except for 6 weeks out of the year.
Jane