NEVADA ROBOTICS BLOG
Congratulations VEX Robotics for Winning EdTech Award!
Congratulations to REC Foundation's VEX GO program for winning the 2021 EdTech Awards Cool Tool Award for robotics education and learning solutions. The EdTech Awards is one of the largest recognition programs for outstanding contributions to STEM education. VEX GO...
National Robotics Week – Jobs and Degrees in Engineering and Technology
Happy National Robotics Week!In celebration of National Robotics Week (April 3rd - 11th) we would like to share some awesome resources for students who are interested in entering a STEM job field. We know if can be overwhelming to navigate the education and job...
New Robotics STEM Kit for Nevada Educators Now Available!
Robot Recipe STEM Kit - The Overview Dive into the field of robotics with the new "Robot Recipe" STEM Kit developed by Nevada Robotics in partnership with DRI's Science Alive! STEM Kits are uniquely designed to support formal (classroom) and informal (out of the...
Traner Middle School Receives FIRST Lego League Robots!
AJ Long from Nevada Robotics poses with robotics educators at Traner Middle School during the drop off of the donated classroom set of FIRST robots.In November of 2020 we received a generous donation from TrainerRoad to fund our ongoing robotics and engineering...
Nevada Robotics Partners with UNR’s Innevation Center for K-12 Outreach Programming.
Nevada Robotics is to join UNR's Innevation Center to develop K-12 robotics education programming. The Southside Studio has become home to the Innevation Center's new robotics education and competition team hub to support and strenghten the pathways to degrees and...
Read Up On Robotics Education and the Workplace
Mark Greenlaw, former VP of Education at FIRST, has started a multi-part article series on robotics education and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This compelling series is kicked off with an article titled "Is It A Robot?", detailing how we can define robots...
Calling All Robotics Educators! We Need Your Input!
We know this year has turned things upside down and now, more than ever, we need your feedback on how we can better serve the robotics community. As educators you are the experts in what it takes to have a successful robotics team, club and/or class. Take our survey...
Robot Revelations: a Conversation with Ben Nguyen
Nevada Robotics team member Chelsea talked with robotics coach Ben Nguyen about the unique opportunities provided by robotics education, the challenges brought by COVID-19, and the exciting future of robotics. The video below is a preview of their discussion, and...
Keep up-to-date with FIRST Nevada by joining their newsletter!
Sign up for the FIRST Nevada monthly newsletter! Keep up-to-date on all things FIRST robotics- competitions, coach trainings, workshops, scholarships and more! Suscribe to the newsletter at www.firstnevada.org ! Download the November Newsletter here! Download...
FIRST Nevada Announces OhBot Programming Challenge for Students
FIRST Nevada announces the new OhBot Programming Challenge for FRC, FTC and FLL students! The programming challenge can be completed by any FIRST Nevada team member (student) and must be submitted by midnight PST on January 18, 2020. Winners will be chosen by a panel...