Missouri 4-H Robotics Project Snapshot WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? The Missouri 4-H Robotics project offers many opportunities to explore elements of engineering, design, programming, and platforms in unique, fun, and challenging environments. Robotics is about these amazing machines and learning how to design, build and program them to solve the issues that we face today and in the future. In this project: Step It Up:  Communication: First and foremost– Play with robots and figure out how they work!  Develop an interest in STEM related careers  Gain experience in problem solving and logical reasoning skills  Improve communication and teamwork skills by working the way real world scientists and engineers work  Develop responsible attitudes about technology and how it relates to helping people improve their lives  Learn how sensors work and how they are used  Develop knowledge and skills related to robotics and engineering design processes  Create a “history of robots” poster  Demonstrate how a sensor works  Give a presentation on how robots work in our daily life  Speak to a club about different types of robots  Start a blog or wiki about how to use robots to solve problems Citizenship:  Bring robots to a senior center and show them how to make them work.  Build a robot to pick up trash. Leadership:  Lead a workshop or camp session  Mentor a robotics club of younger kids  Volunteer to have a robotics booth at a council event      Job shadow an engineer or programmer Enter a robotics competition with your club Take your robotics exhibit to the fair Research the influence of technology on society Engineer your own design challenge and build a robot up to the task Curricula & Resources National 4-H Curricula: NeXt Technology:  4-H Robotics: Engineering for Today and Tomorrow: www.4-h.org;/youth-development-programs 4-H Project Curriculum for beginners using Lego NXT and EV3 robotics.  Junk Drawer Robotics– Three books in this series that explore different aspects of robotics using every day house hold items. This is a great beginner level module to build the basic principles of robotics. http://www.ohio4h.org/4-h-science/4-h-robotics  Virtual Robotics– A virtual based environment to learn basic science and robotic concepts without investing in expensive materials.  Robotics Platforms– The modules in this track can be used with commercial kits including NXT, TETRIX and VEX. It has 3 levels and 11 modules.  National 4-H Robotics Website: http://www.4-h.org/resource-library/curriculum/4-h-robotics/ Missouri 4-H Robotics Website: http://4h.missouri.edu/projects Gear-Tech 21:  Geo-Spatial and Robotics Technology for the 21st Century is a club program with over 300 hours of instruction. http://4hset.unl.edu Carnegie Melon Robotics Academy: http://www.cs2n.org Sea Perch: Under Water ROV Robotics: http://www.seaperch.org Michele Kroll, 4-H Youth Development Specialist, WC Region University of Missouri Extension is an EEO/AA Institution. Adapted from “4-H Robotics Project Hot Sheet”, by Iowa State University Extension, 2011. http://www.extension.iastate,edu/4h/projects and 4-H Robotics Project Snapshot, Michigan State University Extension, 2014. http://4h.msue.msu.edu/