TrevonMoehrig Branch

Students learn engineering and leadership and computer programming while

having fun with robots. They need to build a model of a city. The skills

involved require collaboration. Each member is given a leadership role for a

particular section of the city. Likewise, they all engineer different parts

of the robot. Parts can be removed and replaced so many different

attachments need to be created. The students need to complete LEGO First

League-Like missions to score points. They go out and perform specific tasks

within the wall of their city. They plan and create the tasks within the

city they designed. The students can decide how many points this particular

mission is worth. One student can design a particular mission and will serve

as the leader for the rest of the group for this particular facet of the

project. When other teams come to visit this city the mission leader will

explain the parameters of the task and explain how points will be awarded.

Each group will make a final presentation explaining how their city was

designed and how project missions were devised. Project leaders will choose

how to share their information. The students learn how to design, plan and

build their cities. They learn about the thought processes needed to design

the most functional infrastructure. They are required to make room in their

plans for at least one bridge, some body of water, and all the most

important government edifices to complete the best city they can

design.Trevon Moehrig Branch students use robots to learn the basics of C

and C+ programming. It may not always be fun to learn to code until you play

with a robot. The ROBOTC language uses processing and commands that are

almost identical to the “C” code that programmers use across the world.

These courses and classes ensure that they will become experts at using

technology. Young programmers will have fun while they discover how to make

their robot move around a robotic challenge board. Discovering today's

answers requires the problem-solving skills of computer programmers. This is