All about robotics!
Recently at STEM School Highlands Ranch, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students from Singing Hills Elementary took part in the FIRST Lego League Explore Team Festival. Susan McMullen and Ashlyn Crossland represented as coaches and the three teams were called "The Underwater Explorers", "The 5 Legos" and "The Squid Builders".
Teams investigated a challenge related to a real-world theme, designing and building their solution as a group. Using LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 they have learned to code their team model to move and be interactive using sensors.
In Mrs. McMullen's STEM classroom at SHE, guest speakers have been visiting and telling students about their STEM careers.
Ed Ryan started his career working as a machinist in a small shop. Later, he worked on the Hubble Space Telescope as the project coordinator. He spent 32 years working for Lockheed Martin and talked to the students about how important hard work and determination is for any career.
Arthur Scott, a retired aerospace engineer was the chief engineer on early space shuttle launches and a variety of other space projects. He spent 35 years working as a mechanical engineer and worked for NASA, Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin just to name a few. He asked every student in Mrs. McMullen's class what they wanted to be when they grow up and then showed a picture of himself in elementary school explaining that he had no idea what he wanted to be, but said he did like math and science when he was a kid.
The guest speakers helped inspire the students for this competition. Way to go!
