About Us

OUR START

In July, 2018 Tesla selected the Desert Research Institute’s Science Alive program to receive Tesla’s Nevada K-12 Education Invesment Funding. The Nevada Robotics program was born from this initial investment.

OUR VISION

For all students across Nevada to think creatively and solve complex problems through hands-on robotics education.

OUR MISSION

To collaborate with community and industry partners in delivering engaging robotics education to Nevada’s K – 12 students.

OUR PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

K – 12 EDUCATION

Provide ongoing robotics training to in-service and pre-service teachers across Nevada.
Develop and distribute robotics curricula and resources to all teachers.

INFORMAL EDUCATION

Engage students with after-school robotics programs, targeting Title 1 schools.
Support competitive robotics programs.
Develop a workforce with robotics knowledge and experience.

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT

Host and/or participate in Family STEM and robotics nights.
Host Girls in STEM and robotics events.
Connect robotics programs with mentoring opportunities.

OUTCOMES

Increase Nevada’s workforce pipeline of engineers, scientists, and technical professionals.
Increase the number of students entering STEM fields in Nevada’s two and four-year colleges and universities.
Increase access to robotics opportunities in rural and low-income urban communities across Nevada.
Increase diversity and inclusion of STEM and robotics for young women, and other underrepresented populations.

Four students smile at the camera from behind a table. Two small robots sit on the table in front of them.

Three smiling students sit at a table with a robot and building tools.

INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Our advisory council shares its expertise and outreach connections with the robotics community.
Create connections among industry, students, and robotics.
Build relationship networks to help robotics teams afford the equipment, competitions, travel expenses, and ongoing teacher training.
Work in collaboration with our statewide partners to develop robotics programs for all Nevada K – 12 students.

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