Classroom to Career
by Van Robotics
What
A special flagship curriculum uniquely designed to teach robotics, machine learning, and light electronics assembly, inspection, and testing skills to high school scholars. This innovative program creates a pipeline from Kindergarten to high school to the workforce to encourage STEM interest for all students. Once completed, high school students will deliver fully-functional ABii robots to their K-5 peers.
Why
Research has shown that STEM interest decreases as boys and girls get older and that 60% of 9th graders lose interest in STEM by high school graduation. The impact of innovation through the C2C program creates a pipeline to renew a love for STEM from Kindergarten through high school and beyond to the workplace.
Gerlach, Jonathan. “Is Stem Interest Fading with Students? - EVERFI K12.” EVERFI, 15 Mar. 2021, https://everfi.com/infographic/k-12/is-stem-interest-fading-with-students/.
How
In the C2C program, high school students will gain essential experience for competing in the present day workforce and enjoy the rewarding experience of delivering a fully functional ABii robot tutor to their K-5 peers.
Assembly > Testing > Inspection
Students will receive Van Robotics’ curriculum and ABii Robot Kits to assemble, inspect, and test ABii robots. Kits come with servo motors, electrical components, fasteners, wires, compute boards and ABii plastic hardware. Program curriculum comes with full digital and video guides to complete assembly, inspection and testing. Students will also receive instruction designed to illustrate what robots are, how they leverage sensing, how they collect data, and goal-setting to work in their environment.
Delivery of Completed Product
Students will deliver fully-functioning ABii robots to their K-5 peers, complete with the name of the student that built it! Grade school students will see peer role models building technology that they get to use, and aspire to building themselves.