HURRY! Registration Closes Friday for Minecraft Camp!

The East Cobb Robotics Team is hosting a MINECRAFT CAMP! 

We'll be helping students explore different aspects of Minecraft, including Redstone...  

 

Who:       Students, grades 3rd - 8th

What:      Minecraft camp!

Where:    3162 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite 430 Marietta, GA 30062

When:      Saturday, October 3rd, 2015

9am-12pm for grades 3-5

2pm-5pm for grades 6-8

In this camp, kids will learn new ways to use Minecraft from our high-school age robotics team members! Your child can finally get their Minecraft questions answered while playing with other kids.

Each child needs to bring their own laptop with Minecraft already installed.

Each child needs to have their own Minecraft account and know how to login.

Cost is $25 per child.

Space is limited to 30 children for each session so sign up soon!

Refunds require a 24 hour cancellation notice. All proceeds go toward East Cobb Robotics' mission of promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).

Click on the “Minecraft Camp sign-up” tab up above!

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2015 East Cobber Parade and Festival!

The 20th Annual East Cobber Parade and Festival was a huge success all the way around. The weather held out: it wasn't too hot or too cold, and although the wind kicked up a little, it wasn't a problem.  All the team members worked together beautifully. We had compliment after compliment from the community and other businesses telling us how impressed they were with our students - they were polite, well mannered, professional and so SMART! Most people were blown away by seeing what the kids had built and accomplished. Many told us that they wish that they had this opportunity when they were in school. Even more told us (and the students) to stick with it, as this program would be a great benefit to them now, for college, and for future jobs.

We outreached to hundreds of people through the parade and afterwards at the festival, and had a lot of interest in our program. The t-shirt/stress ball cannon was a big hit during the parade and at the festival where we had a shoot-off with the Walton team.

 During the Festival itself, we promoted GRITS and our upcoming Minecraft Camp which had many kids really, really (really) excited.

We also featured a STEM activity with bubbles - EVERYONE enjoyed playing with the bubbles, and we snuck some science in there on the sly (elasticity, surface tension, chemistry, light, and even geometry) so that kids could experience the fact that science and math are everywhere, and that it's FUN.

More fun was had by kids driving our outreach robot. We had all ages and sizes of kids driving the robot (and some parents got in on the action too!). After a quick explanation on how to drive, they took turns driving it around the test site. We had a pretty long line going at one point.

Drivers were rewarded with a really cute "Certified Robot Driver" sticker and came away with a more personal man/machine connection and saw that robots are fun and not scary or "something out of my league".




It was especially gratifying to see all the girls who stepped up to take the controls. From the little, little ones, to cheerleaders in ponytails and bows, all the girls who drove the robot came away with a sense of accomplishment. What a great feeling to know that our team may have helped inspire some of them to pursue careers in STEM.

That's what yesterday was all about... Inspiring the community and kids about STEM, robotics and our team. We had fun getting the word out there through our robots, our activities and our team members.

Getting Ready for the East Cobber Parade

Tonight we had 8 students training on the t-shirt cannon. Isn't it beautiful! ;)

To see it first hand, you'll need to come to the East Cobber Parade and Festival this Saturday, 9/12. We're right up front and we'll be shooting off t-shirts for the East Cobber Magazine in addition to our very own purple stress balls.

Come by and watch the parade, have the chance to catch a t-shirt or ball, and then stop by the festival and do a fun STEM activity, and drive a robot.

Rain or shine! More info on the parade can be found at the East Cobber's website.

Girl Power!

 You go girl(s).

On the Job Training

Our new Rookies are getting a taste of building and constructing through on the job training. We had a safety training session, and now some of the hands on training begins.

We're constructing more workbenches for our site and getting ready for the East Cobber Parade on Saturday, September 12

He Got the Memo

Testing out one of our old chassis with a new friend, who just so happens to be 

beautifully color coordinated. 

Robotics Queens!

East Cobb Robotics is really excited to be working with Georgia FIRST and several other local FRC and FTC teams to help get an FLL Team started at the Boys and Girls Club. 

The Robotics Queens (for now - they may change the name!) are a dynamic group of 10 girls who are excited to be part of FIRST for this year's challenge: Trash Trek.

 Last week, the girls started brain storming ideas for their project and getting familiar with FIRST. We're looking forward to seeing what these enthusiastic and motivated girls can achieve!