They collaborated on ideas together and helped each other out.” Ritika Bhatnagar, a freshman on Nemesis, observed the excellent teamwork of her campers saying, “It was so cool watching them work together. Cooperating with team members was essential to success, and campers were able to practice team-building skills throughout the event. Not only did the campers experiment with different motors, gears and designs, but they also worked together as a team. Even though they were not very familiar with LEGO Mindstorms, they were still able to build a launcher with a creative design.” Anushka Pillay, a first-year student mentor whose team’s airplanes launched the farthest distance, noted, “The kids came up with innovative solutions to all of the problems they faced. Student mentors were incredibly impressed with the way campers faced obstacles. Utilizing their creativity and mechanical skills, campers needed to be able to differentiate between sizes of gears in order to create a successful launcher design. Paired into groups of two or three, student teams worked with a high school mentor. Some airplanes flew as far as 60 feet! Campers also used LEGO Mindstorms to create a robot that participated in a tug of war battle or climbed an inclined plane. Winners were based off of the longest glide time or the longest distance covered.
They experimented with different types of motors to create a design to launch their airplanes the farthest. The campers were tasked with building a paper airplane launcher. 2018’s Discovery Day served as a great learning opportunity that allowed the young students to test their technical skills while solving open ended challenges while having fun. It continues to remain successful, with all of the campers truly enjoying their experiences. This annual event, which took place on December 1st and 2nd, is incredibly popular amongst elementary-age students. Ducking from flying paper airplanes and watching enthusiastic campers moving from station to station, it’s obviously Robotics Discovery Day at Robbinsville High School.
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