Team 111's Girls in STEM Workshop

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Originally Posted by ebrnc

I find it impressive that your team was able to cover electrical, mechanical and programming basics (all essential components of FRC and FTC) in a short period of time. How did you decide what tasks to use to explain these concepts to a younger age group? Any tips? I would love to bring back any advice that you can provide to Green Girls and to the process of developing 4607's summer camp for kids. Thanks

Thank you for the positive feedback! We tried to choose activities that would be possible to complete within an hour (so we wouldn't lose interest), easy to follow, and create a satisfactory product participants could keep. For us this meant, among other activities, catapults made out of balsa wood and breadboard projects . We also had a 2:1 ratio of participants:volunteers so that no one would get left behind. Lauren and I are currently in the process of making a guide for this type of event, so more information is on its way. Feel free to PM either myself or Lauren if you have any questions. We're looking forward to hearing more about Green Girls in the future.