La Jolla High students get started on FIRST robotics project
A contingent of La Jolla High School students was among those who gathered on Jan.7 at Kearny High to find out their tasks for the FIRST Robotics Competition regionals in March.
The competition is a multinational even that teams up professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way, according to a press release from the San Diego Unified School District. Each year the competition reaches more than 43,000 students on over 1,500 teams in competitions held across the U.S. and in other parts of the world.
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- Mentor Jim Snook and his students take inventory after receiving the equipment they can use to build their robot. Photo: Will Parson
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- Scott Strange takes apart a wheel that was used in a previous robot. Photo: Will Parson
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- Students examine the inflatables that are central to this year’s challenge. Photo: Will Parson
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- La Jolla High School’s FIRST Robotics Competition mentor Jim Snook with students Julia Haerr, Emma Scott, Scott Strange, Robert Andrews and Luke Vickrey.
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- LJHS students Julia Haerr and Luke Vickrey test out a fan that came with the box of parts their team will use in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Photo: Will Parson
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- Jim Snook shows LJHS students tools and equipment used in past FIRST Robotics Competitions.
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- Mentor Jim Snook and his students take inventory after receiving the parts they can use to build their robot for the FIRST Robotics Competition. Photo: Will Parson
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Posted by Kathy Day
on Jan 11, 2011. Filed under Featured Story, La Jolla, News.
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