[ January 8,2012;] We’re heading over to Florida’s first Jr. FLL Expo at MOSI on Sunday to join in celebrating FIRSTs littlest folks’achievements in this year’s Snack Attack challenge. Focused on building an interest in science and engineering in children ages 6-9, Jr. FIRST LEGO League,like FLL for older elementary and middle school aged children, features a [...] [...]
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TDT members enjoyed a recent visit to our long time friend and mentor,Paul Markun,of Tampa Technik. As always,the gift of his time and expertise was deeply valued,so we were humbled to receive a financial contribution from Mr. Markun on top of his expert guidance. Tampa Technik is a remarkable facility [...] [...] Team members’hard work and unified presence,on the field and off,earned them the Inspire Award at Middleton Madness this past weekend,and a spot at the FTC State Championship at Embry Riddle in Daytona in February! It was touch and go with the robot sometimes,in what is definitely a challenging game. In the [...] [...] Check out this great Tampa Tribune story about our sister team,MISSION imPOSSIBLE Team,which is also sponsored by Learning is for Everyone. We’re really looking forward to participating in our first competition of the season with team 5210! [...] [ November 10,2011;5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Team Duct Tape was honored to be selected to represent FIRST Tech Challenge at this week’s Elliott Masie Learning 2011 Conference in Orlando. TDT students joined Exploding Bacon’s FRC team and FLL Team Party Boss in a fantastic day that included an opportunity to meet with FIRST founder Dean Kamen,in the morning,along with [...] [...] TDT members with FIRST president,Jon Dudas Team Duct Tape joined seven other FIRST teams at MOSI in Tampa on Oct. 25,to kick off the 3rd Annual Florida STEM Summit,hosted by the Career Technical Education Foundation (CTEF). The highlight of the evening was meeting FIRSTpresident Jon Astronaut Leland Melvin signed photos for students Dudas and astronaut Leland [...] [...] From vlogging for the FTC YouTube Channel to prototyping and brainstorming,to learning and teaching at Middleton High School’s Build It Day last Saturday,TDT has hit the new season running! Two weeks ago we made the acquaintance of a wonderful new mentor,Matt Griswold,an injection mold design engineer with MICRO ,which we [...] [...] This year,we’ve added a YouTube channel to our line up! Check out our first “vlog”(video blog),courtesy of our enthusiastic apprentice,Ryder! And look for more video updates throughout the season. [...] |    Visit Florida FTC on  | |||||
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