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Youth gain cultural experience with Lego competition
‘The social aspect of it was simply amazing’ TRURO – Heading to an international competition, members of the Trurobotics walked away with more than they could have imagined. “It was absolutely amazing,” said head coach Jeremy Goyette about the FIRST Lego League International Open the team attended in Toronto earlier this month. “There were a lot of participants and
Humber Valley school wins at Canadian robotics competition
Judges find research into ice storms’ impact on power lines ‘well researched’ and has ‘potential for true implementation’ The concept of insulating power lines against destructive ice storms with paint infused with Anti-Freeze Proteins found in Siberian beetles has won an Etobicoke elementary school’s robotics team top prize in a national contest. Humber Valley Village Junior Middle School’s Category
Robot team a big success
Thousands of students cross the border this time every year — for a huge robotics championship that invites kids from all over the world. And it’s a tough competition — pitting teams of science and technology students against each other — after building a robot in just six weeks. But the team from one Hamilton high school exceeded all expectations.
Students off to St. Louis for robotic world championship
A team of St. Mary’s students are pitting their robotagainst some of the world’s top competitors this week. For this year’s FIRST Robotics world championship, being held in St. Louis, Missouri, entrants were required to build a robot that can move around and throw a ball to competing robots. So the 32 St. Mary’s students, from grades 9
St. Mary robotics team competing at World Championships
The St. Mary Catholic Secondary School robotics team is competing against the best in the World – at the FIRST World Championships in St. Louis, MO. The team, made up of 32 students from the school, came out on top at the New York City Regional FIRST Robotics Championship earlier this month. The win for St. Mary’s MakeShift team and
Western Tech earns first place in robotics competition; team prepares for worlds in St. Louis
Unlike most school teams competing in FIRST (For Inspiration for Science and Technology) Robotics Canada competitions, Western Technical Commercial School’s is organized and operated solely by students. “The team organized itself entirely. Every aspect of our team is run by students,” said teacher Eric Halling. “Every part that’s made, every screw that’s turned, it’s by students. They’re probably the
Technology: The Ford Moment for Windsor-Essex Youth
One-hundred-and-ten years ago, Henry Ford established the Ford Motor Company of Canada in Windsor, Ontario. In time, other companies, such as Chryslter and General Motors followed, which accelerated the conversion of Windsor from an agrarian community to the Automotive Capital of Canada. Yet, there was little about our city’s transition that was predetermined or predestined. It took an understanding
Alpha Dogs test robotic skills
Seventeen-year-old Jeremy Sant forgot what it was like to relax at home after school. “I honestly didn’t know how it felt to go home after school and not just instantly sleep when I got there,” he said from a classroom at Humberview Secondary School in Bolton. He’s part of the Alpha Dogs, the school’s newly formed robotics club
Robotics competition starts Friday
Mackenzie Willis, Savannah Stringer and Kale Wallingford, members of FIRST Team 1305 from North Bay, practice in the FIRST Robotics Canada North Bay Regional Competition Thursday afternoon at the Nipissing’s Robert J. Surtees Student Athletics Centre. The competition begins Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and runs Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This year is
Students building skills by building with Legos
Nobody told young Lego builders at Ryerson Heights School they were learning construction, design and teamwork skills over the past six weeks. The kids just thought they were having fun. On Wednesday, parents came in to see the results of Ryerson Heights’s Jr. First Lego League, a group of 30 students in Grades 2 to 4 who participated