ROBOTICS RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS

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PBS Reno offers a plethora of education resources for formal and informal educators, as well as families. Offerings include free educational lessons, career-tie videos and hands-on activities.

• Learn about the PBS Robotics Education Services
• Learn about the PBS Ready To Learn Program
• Learn about the PBS Reno STEM Works Videos
• Watch the STEM Works Career Video series

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) provides transformative learning experiences to PreK-12 students and teachers all across the United States. Many of these experiences focus on building real-world skills through engaging, hands-on lessons.  VEX is the exclusive robotics platfrom offered to PLTW schools, bringing new opportunities in robotics including design, building, and programming for students across the state. In PLTW’s Automation and Robotics Unit students use tools such as the engineering design process, an engineering notebook, and VEX Robotics® programming software to invent and innovate.

• Read about the Automation and Robotics Unit

FIRST® programs support educators by engaging students in STEM learning and preparing them for the future through hands-on fun while helping kids transfer STEM concepts to real-world applications. FIRST Robotics offers various resources including lessons, tutorials, and competition information.

• FIRST Robotics Lessons
• FIRST Robotics Tutorials
• FIRST Robotics Competition Information
• FIRST @ Home
• FIRST Nevada New Team Funding
• READ Nevada

• Read about the AWIM program

All K-12 teachers and students affected by school closures can get free access to RoboBlockly, C-STEM Studio, and CH Professional for learning math and CS with robotics.

VIDEO RESOURCES

Interview with Erica Lamar – (30:23)

Interview with Ben Nguyen – Teaser (4:16)

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

Click the links below to read research studies and impact data on robotics. 

VEX

• VEX Robotics Competition Evaluation
• VEX Robotics Program: Gender Differences in Attitude, Engagement, and Performance
• Impacts of a Summer Robotics Program on Regular Year Attendance September 2014
• The Development of an Instrument to Measure the Self-Efficacy of Students Participating in VEX Robotics Competitions
• The Condition of STEM 2016
• The Impact of Participation in VEX Robotics Competition on Middle and High School Students’ Interest in Pursuing STEM Studies and STEM-Related Careers

FIRST

• Impact Data and Longitudinal studies
• Research Proves FIRST Has a Lasting Impact on Girls and Young Women
• Research Proves FIRST Drives STEM Engagement and Outcomes