Date: Sat May 16, 10:00 AM EST - Sat May 16, 3:00 PM EST
Category:
- STEM
Level:
- Ambassadors,
- Seniors,
- Volunteers
Ready to take your STEM skills to the next level? Spend an action
packed and FREE day in a real robotics workshop environment where
you'll plan, build, and program a LEGO robot to complete a series of
progressively harder missions (think: move, navigate, detect, and
deliver). You'll practice the same process real engineering teams
use-designing, testing, fixing, and improving-then wrap up by
connecting with women studying and working in engineering, technology,
automation, and robotics.
Join us for a hands on robotics
experience for Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts, co-hosted by the
Automotive Women's Alliance and Macomb Automation and Robotics. A lead
instructor will walk you step by step through core robotics concepts
(building mechanisms, using sensors, and creating simple programs)
while a team of women volunteers from STEM careers (plus college
students currently studying in the field) coaches your group, answers
questions, and shares what it's really like to work in robotics and
engineering.
You'll leave with practical skills, career
insight, and a robot you can be proud of.
Throughout the day, each participant will:
* Build and program a LEGO robot from the ground up using
guided, hands on challenges (no prior robotics experience
required)
* Learn how mechanisms and motion work-gears, wheels,
and attachments-then test what changes improve speed, strength, and
control
* Use sensors and simple coding to make your robot
respond and complete missions (for example: follow a line, avoid
obstacles, stop at a target, or move an object)
* Talk with
women in STEM from Ford, GM, and other organizations, plus local
college students-ask about high school classes to take, college
majors, internships, scholarships, and what a day in the job actually
looks like
* Explore scholarship and pathway opportunities,
enjoy snacks and lunch, and take home your Senior or Ambassador badge
plus a goodie bag
Included in Girl
Registration: Guided activities to complete all requirements
for the Designing Robots badge, a lunch, snacks, and a swag bag at the
end of the event.
Included in Adult
Registration: Includes event access and lunch only;
participation in activities is not included
Costs:
$0.00 per Girl
$0.00 per Tagalong (Register as a girl
non-member)
$0.00 per Adult
Registration deadline:
May 14 (or sooner if event reaches capacity)
For program
questions: please email Lana at ljaeger@gssem.org
For registration questions: please email helpdesk@gssem.org
