This week, teams are competing in the fully-virtual 2021 Philadelphia FIRST LEGO League Tournament. Teams of 2nd–8th graders have been working all spring to design robots and complete projects related to the season theme: Game Changers. Join us Saturday, May 1, at 5pm on the Coalition YouTube channel for the live awards show. Click and subscribe for …
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The Robolancers from Central High School won the Vehicle Performance Award at the 2021 Greater Philadelphia Seaperch competition Friday. The team’s underwater robot safely disposed of underwater “mines” and “debris” to make the “ocean” cleaner and safer. Nailah Shabazz was the team captain, and Calvin Macatantan was the vehicle operator. Several Coalition teams competed in …
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Four School District of Philadelphia high school science teachers have been selected for the 2021 inaugural cohort of the Naval Education Workplace Training (NEWT) Program. The teachers are Maya Bhagat of Frankford High School, Lee Burwasser of Academy at Palumbo High School, Paula Miller of Abraham Lincoln High School, and Jason Perez of Murrell Dobbins CTE High …
Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division has renewed its STEM Charter which aims to support a pipeline of young talent to join the naval engineering workforce. An article in the Department of Defense internal news roundup explains NSWCPD’s current outreach efforts and highlights several partnerships, including the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition. Since 2019, the partnership between …
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FIRST LEGO League teams planning to compete at the Philadelphia events this spring must register for those events by Monday March 1. Use these links to navigate to the FIRST Mid-Atlantic event registration system: Register for the 2021 Philadelphia FLL Challenge Tournament (grades 4-8) Register for the 2021 Philadelphia FLL Explore Expo (grades 2-4) Both …
The Philadelphia Robotics Coalition seeks to hire our first full-time Executive Director to lead an exciting growth stage for our young organization. Over the past year, Coalition board and staff have engaged in planning processes to support ongoing growth. Our Strategic Plan revolves around a central question: “How can the Coalition use robotics programs to …
Global healthcare company GSK today announced that the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition is one of five grantees selected as part of its 10-year commitment to increase the number of women and Black and Latinx Philadelphia students entering careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). GSK’s grant to the Coalition totals $50,000 over 18 months and …
The RoboGriffins, the student robotics team at Academy at Palumbo high school, won first place today in the CoderZ Pro League World Championship, besting team Explosion from School 1329 in Moscow, Russia in the final round. Listen to KYW Philly Rising podcast Read School District of Philadelphia blog post View final round video. CoderZ Pro …
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Two dozen high school robotics team members gathered virtually on Monday for a crash course in product design led by Professor Sarah Rottenberg, Executive Director of the Integrated Product Design Program at the University of Pennsylvania. The students, representing the FIRST Robotics Competition teams from Central High School and Science Leadership Academy/Masterman High School in Philadelphia, plus …
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The Philadelphia Robotics Coalition has partnered with Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division to launch the Naval Education Workforce Training (NEWT) Program in summer 2021. The program gives teachers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience, learning engineering skills and conducting research side by side with Navy engineers and scientists. This 8-week summer program will …
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