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Show the importance of engineering, science and technology to our youth.
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Posting Organization: Playing At Learning
 

Date(s): 11/08/2009 - 11/08/2009

Group Activity Older Adult Appropriate

Description:
San Jose Tournaments are on Sunday 11/8 at Pioneer  HS, Saturday  11/14 at Camden Community Center and Sunday 11/22 at West Valley Middle School.


Volunteers are needed to enable the over 300 Northern California Robotics teams to compete at one of the FIRST LEGO League tournaments between November 2009 and January 2010. Each event requires many volunteers with a broad spectrum of talents to support teams,  volunteers, audience members and competition demands. A variety of  volunteer positions are available both technical and non-technical.

FIRST LEGO League develops critical skills in science and technology
in a super-charged learning atmosphere. The competition involves  teams of students, ages 9 to 14. This year, more than 150,00 young  people from 50 countries will be inspired to learn more about Transportation Solutions (this year's theme).

The teams design, build, program and test an autonomous LEGO Mindstorms robot developed to solve several challenges that relate to real world problems developed with transportation experts. In addition, the teams learn about and create an innovative project solution that focuses on issues relevant to transportation issues.   Students acquire skills such as problem solving, project management,  critical thinking and teamwork: skills necessary to their future and the future of society.

We need adult volunteers to be our judges and referees  - training
materials exist.   Giving your time helps to cement the importance of math, science, techology and engineering skills to our next generation.

A full list of volunteer positions and all of the events is at: http://www.playingatlearning.org/FLL/volunteer.html





Volunteer Center of Silicon Valley
1922 The Alameda, Suite 100
San Jose, CA 95126
(408) 247-1126   -   www.vcsv.us