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WALTON ROBOTICS

WALTON ROBOTICS. Create, Innovate, Inspire. Making FIRST work. Our Mission. WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE. Develop personal and professional skills Inspire students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)

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WALTON ROBOTICS

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  1. WALTON ROBOTICS Create, Innovate, Inspire Making FIRST work

  2. Our Mission WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE • Develop personal and professional skills • Inspire students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) • Promote STEM as fun, rewarding and a pathway to a brighter future Flat Walt

  3. Building the Future WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE • International challenge released in January • 6-week build season

  4. Developing Skills WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE Learning time management for build season Post- challenge design session Building practice pneumatic systems Safe power tool use

  5. Promoting STEM WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE Robotics workshop at DragonCon Rotary Dog Days Run East Cobber Parade Elementary festivals and ASP Atlanta Dream WNBA Basketball Game

  6. Changing the Culture WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE Crowd cheering for robotics team cannon Robot launching robotics shirts to football fans Students proudly wearing their prized t-shirts

  7. Making FIRST Attainable WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE • Promotes STEM, Walton Robotics and FIRST • Paper robot with information on the back handed out at team events • Travels the world with new friends • Makes STEM attainable Flat Walt and friend at a football game Flat Walt and friend at World Championships 2012 Flat Walt explores ruins in Israel

  8. Making FIRST Global WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE “Flat Walt is such a cute and innovative way to spread FIRST!” - Mrs. Mathis, community member

  9. Fun & Rewarding WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE “I can’t wait to keep building robots when I start high school!” -Meghan Boler, Dickerson FTC Team Member

  10. Levels of FIRST WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE • Host FLL Summer Camp • Host FLL Tournament • Mentor FTC • Jr. FLL • FLL • FTC • FRC • Mentor FRC • Host FRC Girls FIRST event FLL Summer Camp for middle school students Dickerson FTC team winning Think Award FLL Tournament hosted by our team

  11. Mentors WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE • Role models for team members • Strong bonds between mentors and students • 20 mentors donate over 2,400 hours Outreach Goal: Impact at least 15,000 people directly and _____ people indirectly by the Chairman’s submission date

  12. Sponsors WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE

  13. Destination Einstein WALTON ROBOTICS – COOPERTITION IN ACTION • Goal: Bring FIRST World Championship trophy to Georgia • A joint program with GaFIRST to house competition field in STEM Cell • Host scrimmages and open work sessions • 12 Events and 20 Teams • Girls FIRST Event Five teams joined us for a few rounds of robotic basketball during the July inaugural event of DE 9 teams came to the inaugural Girls FIRST event 9 teams came to the inaugural Girls FIRST event

  14. Destination Einstein WALTON ROBOTICS – COOPERTITION IN ACTION • Teams that have attended DE events include: • Kell • Westminister • Pope • Wheeler • Grady • Pisgah • Blessed Trinity • Northview • Roswell • Unites GaFIRST Community Engineering Goals: Engineer a robot competitive Be a winning alliance captain in the 2013 season Walton Robotics assists Rookie FRC team Collins Hill Outreach Goal: Impact at least 15,000 people directly and _____ people indirectly by the Chairman’s submission date Building Peachtree Regional practice field parts Before GRITS scrimmage with 6 teams

  15. Soaring Higher Every Year WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE 2013 • 43 Students • 20 Mentors • 20 partners • Chairman’s Award • Innovation in Controls Award • World Championships • GRITS Coopertion Award 2009 10 students 2 mentors 4 partners “You are a team we try to emulate.” - Adi Ben-Yehoshua, FIRST Team 4272 Mentor

  16. It’s in the Numbers WALTON ROBOTICS – CREATE, INNOVATE, INSPIRE Nearly 100% of alumni in STEM fields 850,000+ people reached 9,500 hours worked 6 of 7 continents reached 40 involved mentors & partners Engineering Goals: Engineer a robot competitive Be a winning alliance captain in the 2013 season

  17. “The highlight of the sports pep rally was the basketball shooting robot…it's cool to be smart at Walton.” -Assistant Principal of Walton High School “Viewing the team from the rookie perspective gives me a chance to share with my new team that Walton knows how it is done and is a really great role-model for both veterans and rookies.” -Susan Baxley, FIRST Team 4566 Mentor GaFIRST Advisory Council Member

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