The START Program: STEM Training And Robotics Technology

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The START Program

 

Career Pathways and Robot Building Experience


The STEM Training and Robotics Technology (START) Program is a hands-on, active and rewarding project based program designed to inspire, highlight, and create awareness of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) career pathways, opportunities, and education, while developing critical, creative and innovative reasoning skills through hands-on projects. Students learn to solve problems and develop solutions used in real-world applications found in day-to-day life and the workplace.

Program topics are presented in an interactive and fun format, and engage students interested in exploring the world of technology.

Students build a VEX robot for classroom competition, participate in three electronic projects , and field trip, in addition to other activities. Program topics and projects are connected to each other, showing students the continuum of STEM in everyday life and throughout society.    

El Camino College students and high school students interested in STEM are encouraged to apply for this program.

The START Program is your start to a STEM career!

 

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START Program Flyer 2017

 


 



 

   

2017 START Program registration

 

   

You can apply online here

     

Below are pictures and video from The START Program!

The Dogbot robot

 

The Dogbot Robot

   

The Test Bed Tower

 

The Test Bed Tower

The Electric Motor Project

 

  Electric Motor

   

The Electric Telegraph Project

 

Electric Telegraph

 

 

    

 

 

Field Trips

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  Northrop Grumman field trip - F/A-18  

Each summer we go on several fun, exciting, interesting, and informative field trips.

Our past field trips have included CSULA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA Science Center, Griffith Observatory and industry tours.

Here we are at the Northrop Grumman Corporation, in El Segundo.

 

 


 

Videos

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Each summer we video our class activities.

We video the construction of the Electric Telegraph, the construction of the Electric Motor, the construction of the Dogbot, and our Dogbot soccer competitions.

Here is a clip from a Dogbot soccer competition.

 

 


 
Any questions? Email Program Coordinator Masoud Zahedi at [email protected]

Thank you for visiting!