Posted by: thepinetree on 10/25/2013 01:37 PM
Updated by: thepinetree on 10/25/2013 01:40 PM
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Rail Road Flat School Says Thank You to CCF for STEM Grant
Rail Road Flat, CA...The Friends of Rail Road Flat School (TFORRFS) would like to publicly acknowledge and thank the Calaveras Community Foundation for awarding us a 2013 STEM grant in the amount of $6,000+. Since conception in 2010 TFORRFS has worked tirelessly to keep this 116-year-old Blue Ribbon School open and to uphold our Mission - to enhance learning by implementing activities that will result in increased student success while creating and maintaining a stewardship with the community and preserving the rights of children to be educated in the community in which they live....
In addition to our Enrichment Program providing a variety of classes in various subjects such as photography, gardening, cooking, sports, science, and more, we are now able to implement a LEGO robotics learning program. After completion of the program at Rail Road Flat Elementary School we will be passing it on to be used at West Point Elementary and then to Mokelumne Hill Elementary. The LEGO robotics program is a hands-on, highly stimulative program that engages students and provides cross-curricular opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math. Students develop solutions to robotic challenges. They conduct research, develop prototypes of potential solutions, document their progress, and build, test, and improve their design. Long story short, LEGO robotic kits will enable students without formal training in engineering and computer programing to design, build, and program small scale robots.
The students will basically design robots in one of three ways: 1) through imagination and exploration the students create their own robot; 2) the students may follow a list of specific instructions; or 3) a teacher or advanced student may create a “Challenge,” a description of a problem that needs to be solved by the creation of a robot, together with a set of parameters that the student must work within to create the solution.
The Calaveras Community Foundation (CCF) connects donors with nonprofit organizations that support a healthy, dynamic and prosperous community. The community of Rail Road Flat and Calaveras County as a whole are fortunate to have the support and dedication of The Calaveras Community Foundation. Without the support of CCF we would not have been able to purchase this program and provide students with this opportunity and exposure to early engineering.
To learn more about The Friends of Rail Road Flat School visit: www.friendsofrrfschool.org to learn more about The Calaveras Community Foundation visit: www.calaverascommunityfoundation.org
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