Hi everyone! This will be the first of many very important posts relating to Relay for Life! This is an annual event that our team participates in, in order to give back to our community. As many of you know, cancer encompasses over 100 types of different diseases all relating… Read More »Relay for Life!!
FIRST Team 836, The RoboBees, traveled to Carney’s Point New Jersey on October 13, 2012 to participate in Duel on the Delaware. Duel on the Delaware is an annual off-season robotics competition hosted by FIRST Team 365, MOE. Duel was hosted at Salem Community College in New Jersey and the field… Read More »The Hive Travels to Delaware!
On September 30th FIRST Team 836, The RoboBees spent some time at the popular Corn Maze on Bowles Farm located in Loveville. The RoboBees were there to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to community visitors and kids. The team demonstrated the capabilities of their robot, affectionately nicknamed Yow Sting.… Read More »‘Bees on the Farm
Check out our latest growingSTEMS production recapping this summers St. Mary’s River Concert Series Activities.
In an off-season robotics tournament known as the Battle O’ Baltimore, FIRST Team 836, The RoboBees, assisted newcomer Huntington High School in their first FRC-level tournament. The RoboBees helped out by allowing them to use one of their robots and providing assistance and guidance from several mentors and students.
The Black Eyed Peas front man/entrepreneur/tech wizard, will.i.am pairs up with inventor/FIRST founder Dean Kamen for i.am.FIRST — Science is Rock and Roll, a groundbreaking, one-hour special promoting education, science and technology.
Friday, July 27th was the last St. Mary’s River Concert Series hosted by St. Mary’s College of Maryland. One two news demonstrations that were the center of the show and definitely made a wave with the crowd. Our sound wave tube demonstrated how changes in frequency and amplitude affected the… Read More »River Concert Series – A growingSTEMS Activity Booth
On Friday, July 20th, students from the St. Mary’s County Parks and Rec’s PTO summer camp flew and tested several different paper airplane designs as part of a growingSTEMS activity. Twenty summer campers and two of their mentors’ participated in a growingSTEMS activity at the Hollywood Rec Center on a… Read More »Summer Campers Test Paper Airplane Designs
July 13th was the fourth River Concert Series event held at the St. Mary’s College of Maryland. We demonstrated two new activities: Alka-Seltzer rockets and straw paper airplanes, and returned once again with Oobleck. Alka-Seltzer rockets where a blast (pun intended) and demonstrated how chemical reactions work. Film canisters were… Read More »River Concert Series – A growingSTEMS Activity Booth
The RoboBees are holding open enrollment at the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center on August 30th! We welcome students from 8th through 12th grade to come see what The RoboBees are all about. Students and Mentors from the team will be on hand to explain what FIRST… Read More »Open Enrollment | 2012-2013 School Year