weekend that involves students from San Diego Unified, around the county,
and outside San Diego County as well. Contact Marion Brooks (see below) for
information, as this is not a San Diego Unified event.
Jack
Jack Brandais
Communications Department
San Diego Unified School District
(619) 725-5570 (Desk)
(619) 607-0477 (Cell)
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FIRST Robotics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
www.usfirst.org <http://www.usfirst.org>
Robots Playing Baseball Take Over Madison High School
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday Jan. 16
Einstein¹s Daughters 2009 World Champions Have Hot Shots for Haiti
Fundraiser
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Marion Brooks
(Cell: 858-229-4479)
FIRST ® Tech Challenge San Diego Regional Draws over 300 students from all
over California & Canada
Hot Shots is a Robotic Baseball Game
Harnessing the Power of Sports to Promote the Possibilities
In Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
Who: FIRST <http://www.usfirst.org/> ® (For Inspiration and Recognition of
Science and Technology) launches its FIRST Robotics Competition (FTC®) 2010
season will include more than 300 teams (over 15,000 high-school students)
participating in 50 regional and district events. All teams were shown the
2010 game field for the first time in September and received a common Kit of
Parts made up of motors, batteries, a control system, and a mix of
automation components but no instructions. They have had 4 months to
design and build robots to meet this year¹s engineering challenge.
What: Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen
<http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/content.aspx?id=48> founded FIRST in 1989 to
inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people. The FIRST
Robotics Competition (FRC®) is an annual competition that challenges
high-school students working alongside professional Mentors to design
and build a robot of their own, and compete in a Œvarsity sport for the
mind¹ that measures the effectiveness of each robot, the power of teamwork
and collaboration, and Gracious Professionalism. Students build and program
their own robots against a field of competitors and experience the
excitement of science, engineering, technology and innovation.
One of the teams, "Einstein's Daughters," an all-girls team, has spearheaded
the drive to raise money for the Haiti relief.
When:
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, January 16, 2010
Where: Madison High School
4833 Doliva Drive, San Diego, CA 92117-3299
(858) 496-8410
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