Rainbow Robots of Seattle win "Best Project Presentation Award" at Regional First Lego League Robotics event at Ballard High School,Seattle Dec-6-2015

Rainbow Robots with Coach-Rachel and High School Mentor-Veenadhari Kollipara

Rainbow Robots FLL blog:
http://rainbowrobotsseattle.weebly.com/


Rainbow Robots Youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHowEHsG5FPzAeMCQedBpg

Privileged to be a High School Mentor for FLL Team - Rainbow Robots

 I took part in FLL as part of Team - Legotrons and our team won the Western WA State FLL Championship. I am privileged to re-connect with FLL - this time as a High School mentor for Team- Rainbow Robots of Seattle. I am sharing the lessons learnt, tips and tricks to do well in this effort and I am thorougly enjoying my time as a STEM volunteer in the community through FLL Robotics.I wish the team the very best for Dec-6 Regional at Ballard High School and Thank you for offering me this mentoring opportunity

Team Meeting - Cross Roads Library Nov-28-2015 2.00 PM to 3.00 PM

Meeting Agenda:

1) Project Status Check
2) Give feedback on Journal entries - Please bring your journals (so that I can verify)

Catching up - This Saturday Sep-26-2015 at Crossroads Library, Bellevue from 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM

Teams,

We will be meeting in person at Crossroads Library, Bellevue this Saturday.

Will discuss Status updates on the project work that got started in Summer, Project challenges and how to overcome those.

If you cannot come in person, you can always join via SKYPE. (use my personal SKYPE ID which I suppose you all have it)

Please bring your project journals/log-books

See you all Saturday,
Veena

Fueling Our Future: K12 Educator Conference

[Please note: Even parents can attend]

Fueling Our Future: K12 Educator Conference

Please join Facing the Future and other educators from the Pacific Northwest this summer for an interdisciplinary exploration of sustainable energy use! Sign up today — spaces limited.

WHEN: Wednesday, July 29th | 9 am to 5 pm
WHERE: The Impact HUB | 220 2nd Avenue S #106 Seattle, WA 98104
WHO: Educators who work with students from grades 3 to 12
COST: $30 includes lunch and Fueling Our Future curriculum unit (grades 3-5, 6-8, or 9-12)
CLOCK HOURS: 6 clock hours available for an additional $20
HOSTED BY: Facing the Future, an independent program of Western Washington University

PROGRAM:
Over the course of the day, we will define energy literacy, consider the social, economic, and environmental impacts of different energy sources, learn about the development of aviation biofuels in the Pacific Northwest, and hear from experts in this field.
Participants will gain hands-on experience using lessons from Fueling Our Future: Exploring Sustainable Energy Use* and will each receive a copy of the interdisciplinary teacher's guide: elementary (grades 3-5), middle and high school versions available.
We'll wrap up the conference with an expert panel and interactive Q & A at 3 pm and a networking Happy Hour from 4-5pm!

REGISTRATION PROCESS:
Complete the quick survey below and submit the form (step one). A confirmation page will pop up with a link to our website where you can pay for the conference fee of $30 (step two). NOTE: If you do not have a Facing the Future account, you will need to create one—it only takes a moment!

All the best,
The Facing the Future Crew
206-264-1503
office@facingthefuture.org

*This work, as part of the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA), was supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30416 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Couple of reminders for this weekend:

GET SET 2016 - Meeting - This Saturday 6/13/2015
GET SET - Picnic - This Sunday 6/14/2015

People’s Choice Award presentation of trophy by GoDaddy

People’s Choice Award presentation of trophy by GoDaddy

K. Upadhyay;
R. Iyer;
A. Nagvekar  

Fun in the Sun: Fast Track to a Green Future

http://wp.wssef.org/category-awards/