Thanks to the generous support from the Mitchell Odyssey Foundation, BCIT's School Energy and Yale Secondary School, the GearBots Engineering Program is able to offer an innovative program to promote STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math) to students in the community of Abbotsford.
Robotic is a fun, highly engaging platform that reinforces core skills contained within our standard curriculum. It also teaches leadership, teamwork, time management, organizational, and design skills. Participants will be introduced to the highly acclaimed and popular NXT Mindstorms platform. GearBots courses teaches students how to engineer complex mechanical devices, while simultaneously learning how to program a robot to complete a number of tasks and challenges.
What GearBots has developed:
Robotic Engineering courses (grade 9 and 12) at Yale Secondary School, non-credit after school courses, annual summer camp, one-day engineering challenge, professional development / training, and teaching resources.
Non-credit after school courses for the 2011/12 school year: (targeting ages 9-14)
NXT 100 - Introduction to Robotics
NXT 140 - GearBots Engineering Challenge - Open lab practice time
NXT 150 - Advanced Engineering Design - Free building design
NXT 200 - NXT-G Advanced Programming Design
NXT 400 - Introduction to ROBOTC / LabVIEW programming languages
NXT Summer Camp 2012 - SMART City Challenge
Click here to see when the next course is being offered (weblink)
Check us out on Flickr - Click here to see our promotions pictures - kids in action (weblink)
Click here to download a poster advertising our NXT after school courses - GearBots Advertising 11"x17" Poster (pdf)
Skills Canada BC Provincial Competition at the TradeX in Abbotsford - April 20th, 2011
GearBots Engineering Challenge - 24 teams, 17 schools, 70 participants
Click here to learn more about the event - GearBots Engineering Challenge (weblink)
Competition results Final Results (pdf)
GearBots Educational Resources Catalogue
Click here to view our current vinyl mat designs to assist you in the classroom - GearBots Catalogue (6.6MB pdf)
