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ELKINS — A local educator is creating a robotics team program for young students.
“I am starting a Lego Robotics Team Program in Elkins and I want to get the word out because I have the materials and the experience, and I am looking for students to comprise the teams,” said Eric Eisenbrey, the director and lead guide for the Eyes and Brains STEM Center, the Elkins area’s first microschool and STEM-based school.
“Starting in the first week of October and running until March, I am offering an after-school program for Kindergarten to first-, second- to fifth-, and sixth- to eighth-graders,” he said.
The fifth- to eighth-grade will be registered to compete in the First Lego Robotics League state competition to be held in March at Fairmont University.
Kindergarten to first-graders will meet from 3:45-4:45 p.m. on Wednesdays. There will be a registration fee.
The second- to fifth-graders will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:45-5:15 p.m. There will also be a registration fee.
The sixth- to eighth-graders will meet on Mondays and Fridays from 3-4:30 p.m. There will be a registration fee.
The kindergarten to first-graders program is focused on giving children a build on their natural curiosity and developing problem-solving skills when they build solutions to scenarios using Lego Duplo bricks. The second- to fourth-grade program introduces programming with motors and sensors. This program also adds a research element that drives the design challenge for this group.
The fifth- to eighth-grade program focuses on the fundamentals of engineering as they will explore real-world problems, learn to design, and code, and create unique solutions made with Lego bricks. This group will finish out the season with a competitive challenge that has them building and programming a Lego robot that navigates the missions of a robot game.
Those interested can register at linktr.ee/eyesandbrains. For more information, call 304-801-3272.
Source: https://www.theintermountain.com/news/local-news/2022/09/local-educator-creating-robotics-team/