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Every month FIRST Robotics Society will be hosting workshops with focus on coding using different motor options and sensors. These are free sessions and open to the public.
Email kim(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)frcwest.com to register!
Basics WeDo 2.0 Workshop – ages 6 to 10
Using Milo the Science Rover students will be given a set of challenges to learn the in’s an out’s of coding Milo with his motor, motion sensor and tilt sensor.
Friday, October 4th, 2019 & Friday November 8th, 2019
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Program Room in the Quarry Park Library
108 Quarry Park Road SE, Calgary
Instructor: Kimberley Werezak, Assistant Regional Director
Intermediate WeDo 2.0 Workshop – ages 6-10
While exploring 3 different real world problems, students will be challenged to create solutions using the engineering design process, mechanical design elements , multi-line coding strings and an introduction to conditional coding expressions such as IF-THEN-ELSE.
Friday, October 4th, 2019 & Friday November 8th, 2019
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Program Room in the Quarry Park Library
108 Quarry Park Road SE, Calgary
Instructor: Kimberley Werezak, Assistant Regional Director
Basics EV3 Mindstorms Coding Workshop (ages 9-14)
Driving basics for EV3! Learn how to program an EV3 robot to move, turn, stop at and move an object, using basic block coding and parameter settings.
December 14, 2019
Time: 10am – noon
The Hanger Flight Museum
4629 McCall Way NE, Calgary, AB
Instructor: Craig Maynard, FIRST Senior Mentor
Intermediate EV3 Mindstorms Coding Workshop (ages 9-14)
Expand your coding abilities by incorporating touch, color, gyro, and ultrasonic sensors into the EV3 base model.
January 18, 2020
Time: 10am – noon
The Hanger Flight Museum
4629 McCall Way NE, Calgary, AB
Instructor: Craig Maynard, FIRST Senior Mentor
Advanced Coding: Synthesis (ages 14-18)
Coming February and March 2020
Date & Location: TBA
Instructor: Mitchell Way, FIRST Senior Mentor