FIRST Team 677 Columbus School for Girls

at 56 S Columbia Ave, Columbus , 43209 United States

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We are FIRST Robotics team 677 from Columbus School for Girls mentored by students from The Ohio State University.

Description

CSG Team 677 is one of just a handful of all-girl teams across the country. In many cases, other FIRST teams are dominated by, or even entirely made up of, boys. At CSG, there is a middle school FIRST Lego League, which helps to prepare students for science and technology in the future. CSG FIRST girls work with engineering student mentors from The Ohio State University, who become significant role models in every girl’s life. The team even has access to engineering and manufacturing facilities at OSU’s Center for Automotive Research, where the girls are able to work with real, professional-grade tools. In addition, the team is small enough that each girl is important to the team and has a special connection with FIRST. Given the fact that the team is comprised entirely of students (CSG and OSU), the CSG FIRST Robotics Team has a unique sense of community and camaraderie; not as peers, but "near-peers." FIRST Robotics Mission Statement: Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.

General Info

Since 2001, CSG has participated in the FIRST Robotics Program, a program whose purpose is to bring together the nation’s leading companies and universities in a united effort to win young minds to the wonders of science and technology. FIRST was founded in 1989 by Segway® inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people to become science and technology leaders through competition and mentor-based leadership. FIRST, which stands for “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology”, has the stated vision “To create a world where science and technology are celebrated … where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes”. Teaming up with The Ohio State University (OSU) engineering students, CSG students get a hands-on, inside look at an engineer’s profession. In six action-packed weeks, through a series of meetings, our team of high school students and OSU engineering students work together to brainstorm, design, construct, and test a robot. Every year they travel to two competition events where this autonomous and remote-controlled vehicle (weighing as much as 120 lbs) will compete against other teams from across the country in tournaments complete with referees, cheerleaders, and time clocks. During the intense, six-week “Build Season” in January and February (which would be analogous to the practices of a basketball team), students, with help from the mentors, completely design, build, test and ship the robot. In February, March, and April, there are international regional events where teams bring their robots to compete against other teams from across the country and internationally in teams of three. (These are analogous to the games of a basketball season.) There is a final national competition in Atlanta, Georgia each year. FIRST Robotics is fun and challenging, allowing students to have first-hand engineering and technology experience. The team continues to have a positive impact on the girls who participate. This influence is evident in the fact that our graduating seniors are being accepted into some of the most competitive engineering programs, and they have received many scholarships as a direct result of their participation in FIRST Robotics. One of the team fathers summed it up nicely when he wrote: “(It was) another great year of learning and doing for the young women of CSG's FIRST Robotics team…there are no losers in this very competitive practical engineering experience.” FIRST Robotics provides an exciting, and stimulating environment in which students can discover the important connection between classroom lessons and real world applications. History has shown that, through this program, both students and engineers gain valuable knowledge and experience. We are confident that our team effort produces similar results.

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FIRST Team 677 Columbus School for Girls is Columbus based place and this enity listed in Non-Profit Organization category. Located at 56 S Columbia Ave OH 43209.