RoboFun Workshops for Grades K-8
Bring RoboFun® to Your School or Community!
RoboFun® programs take place in schools in all five boroughs of NYC and in Westchester, including:
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
• Birch Wathen Lenox School
• Brooklyn Friends School
• Calhoun School
• Cathedral School
• Dwight School
• French American School of New York
• Lyceé Français de New York
• Solomon Schechter School of Westchester
• St. Bernard's School
• United Nations International School
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| PUBLIC SCHOOLS
• Manhattan: PS 40, PS 166, PS 290, PS 40, Hunter College
• Elementary School, Lower Lab School, Salk School of Science
• Bronx: PS 69, PS 71, PS 304, PS 72, MS 101, PS 48, PS 14
• Queens, MS 210, MS 226
• Westchester: Bronxville, Chappaqua, Scarsdale
• Former Region 6, Local Instructional Superintendents
• Knowledge Network, Jacob Gutnicki
• High School of Computers and Technology
• Archimedes Academy for Math, Science and Technology |
Please
contact John Tsipouras, Manager of Fee-Based In-School Programs, to
inquire about RoboFun becoming a part of your after-school program.
Contact: john@vemny.org, 212-245-0444
RoboFun Workshops Descriptions
Go LEGO® Go! Workshop for Grades K-1
Students design with LEGO® bricks and motors to make their creations go go go! Using traditional LEGO® bricks, and LEGO® motors, students will build projects around different themes each week. Some example projects include a motorized vehicle, a working elevator, and an animal with a moving tail or head, as shown in the sample images on the left. Students will gain important skills such as spatial reasoning, simple engineering, problem solving, and cooperative learning. Students won’t take creations home, but families are invited to the final class to see a presentation of final projects.
LEGO® Mindstorms® Robotics Workshop for Grades 1-8
Merging art and science, RoboFun® LEGO® Robotics workshops allow students to experience the ingenuity of LEGO® bricks in a whole new way. Students design and program interactive robots using a LEGO® microprocessor, LEGO® bricks and a variety of sensors. The workshops provide a unique opportunity for kids to utilize creative processes while learning new skills in problem solving, cooperative learning and critical thinking. A typical 10-session program allows students to build 3-4 guided robotics projects, culminating in a final two-day independent project. Students are encouraged to develop their own ideas and experiment with programming as their proficiency increases. Family and friends are invited to attend a presentation of final projects on the last day of the workshop.
Video Game Design Workshop for Grades 3-8
In Animation & Game Design Workshops, students create their own video games, animated characters, and dynamic illustrations using SCRATCH software and computer programming language. SCRATCH enables students to work with powerful tools traditionally available only to adults and fosters the development of logic, creativity, problem-solving strategies, and critical thinking skills. Students will be given the tools to create all the essentials for their own video game, complete with characters, settings, obstacles, controls, character lives, etc. Families are invited to the final class to see a presentation of final projects. Scratch is open source software, so students can continue to learn, play, and create at home if they wish.
