April 24 & 25: Give Local, 36 Hour Campaign for Non-Profits! During the 2024 Give Local event, you can help Robotics And Beyond achieve the two goals of our Vision 2040 campaign. Be a new donor in our quest for 200 different supporters (now at 139) Move $5,000 closer to our campaign goal of $80,000 (now at $47,197) 2023 was our 20th year. To celebrate, we launched Vision 2040, a campaign
We are excited for another summer season! July 8-12 & 15-19. LEGO Makers K-4 (half-day MORNINGS this year) STEM Explorers for grades K-2 (half-day AFTERNOONS this year) Bundled topics for grades 3-6 in Robotics and Mechanics, Coding, and Design (full-day) July 22-26. OPEN. Held at The Maxx and the Robotics And Beyond office in downtown New Milford. Intermediate VEX Robotics, grades 6-12 (half-day PM) Intermediate LEGO NXT/EV3/Spike Prime Robotics, grades 6-9 (half-day AM) Java 1 & 2: Fundamentals &
“Welcome to the Future” is the theme for this year’s Engineers Week, held February 18-24. Let’s inspire the next generation of engineers to make a difference. Engineering is exciting, world-changing, collaborative, and creative! It’s open to everyone. Engineering is a great outlet for the imagination—the perfect field for independent thinkers – and is a well-paying profession. The Engineering Design Process: Identify the problem/Ask questions Brainstorm ideas Create/Design the solution Build,
Robotics And Beyond’s AI Initiative Purpose: To establish Robotics and Beyond as a hub of knowledge for educating young people, parents, and working adults about Artificial Intelligence, its safe and effective usage, potential risks, and career and education paths in the field. Why: Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is among the most important topics facing our individual lives and society at this time. AI is a key part of the systems
Help needed! Can you spare $25 and 5 minutes? 20 years ago I co-founded a non-profit to help young people discover and develop their talents in engineering, science, technology and design, and pursue careers and education paths. Robotics And Beyond is based in New Milford CT, just north of Danbury. We provide afterschool, weekend and summer camp programs in over 20 topics. We have impacted over 3000 individuals and their
2023 Hour of Code is December 4-10 Hour of Code is a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science, starting with 1-hour coding activities but expanding to all sorts of community efforts. Hour of Code is held in conjunction with Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), an annual call to action to inspire students to learn computer science and celebrate Computer Science heroes. 2023 Hour of Code has many activities to introduce
Help us celebrate 20 years of assisting an entire generation of young people to discover talents and pursue inspiring futures, serving over 3,000 individuals and families. Our campaign goals: To receive donations of $25 or more from 200 alumni, parents and other stakeholders to demonstrate how much our impact is valued. Obtain $80,000 in commitments for 2024, from sustaining donors, to launch our plan for the next 20 years. Financial
Robotics And Beyond Storage Space Needs Timing: prefer to begin immediately or early August, but could start mid September. Dry but air conditioning not needed (on a floor with a building furnace unit is ideal) Area needed: 200 sq. feet minimum, 400-600 preferred. Location: downtown New Milford preferred but could be within a mile or 2 of town center. Access: Ground level preferred but short stairway will work. 24/7/365 access
Thanks to YOUR SUPPORT, we can fund 13 full-day camp weeks OR 26 half-day camps or 5-week after-school programs OR 200, 2-hour workshops! The Robotics And Beyond tuition assistance fund will receive close to $5,800 from the 2023, 36 hour, Give Local campaign! Your support enables more young people in our region to discover new fields, talents and futures in engineering, science, technology and design. Robotics And Beyond received $4,965, plus $500 in
Registration is now open for our summer programs July 10-14, 17-21 Held at Faith Preparatory School, 600 Danbury Rd., New Milford. STEM Explorers for grades K-2 (half-day AM) LEGO Makers K-4 (half-day PM) Bundled topics for grades 3-6 in Robotics and Mechanics, Coding, and Design (full-day) July 24-28 Held at The Maxx and the Robotics And Beyond office in downtown New Milford. More focused, in-depth topics in coding, design, engineering and science
We are here to help your kids discover their talents and start applying STEM principles and problem solving in everyday life. This is your chance to help us raise another generation of independent thinkers. DONATE TODAY to help us maintain our classes, provide necessary training to our young mentors, and ensure access to all. Together we help keep this community educated and help our children build a better future for everyone.
Grades 3-6 & 7-12. 1-day workshops, or multi-day classes and week long summer camp, 2 hours/class. In-person only.
Build a robot and learn fundamentals of programming and robotics engineering with LEGO’s programmable NXT or EV3 robotics system of controller, motors, sensors and Mindstorms software. The use of NXT or EV3 system will depend on the student’s age and experience. Students will work in pairs but exceptions may be allowed to work alone. Once students accomplish required tasks and simpler challenges, they can choose from higher level challenges or build a more complex robot of their own design or one provided by the instructors. Depending on availability, students may also be able to use robots to solve FIRST LEGO League competition missions. The final class will include optional robot battles within a 4 foot arena ring where students test mechanical design and programming strategies against each other.
Grades 3-12 or by permission. 1-day workshops, or 1 to 2 hour sessions in multi-day classes and week long summer camps. In-person or Online.
Tinkercad is a great way for students interested in 3D modeling and design to get a feel for what working in a 3D environment is like! Tinkercad is a free, introductory educational software created by engineering software company Autodesk. Tinkercad runs in your browser so it requires no software download and allows you to create an account and save your projects. Students will learn how to create, dimension, combine, and customize pre-generated and custom drawn geometric shapes to create basic models, parts, and inventions. Tinkercad has many other fun uses like electronics and “brick building.” Tinkercad is also the perfect start for moving up to Autodesk Fusion 360, which is our choice for teaching higher levels of 3D modeling, product design, mechanical design and making prototypes. Each student can choose one suitable model to be printed by Robotics And Beyond and picked up in New Milford or mailed to the home.
Requirements:
- Computer access (Windows, Mac, or Chromebook all work!)
- Access to Google Chrome (other browsers may work but Chrome is what we base our classes on, so certain aspects may differ on Safari, Firefox, Edge, etc.)
- An Autodesk Tinkercad account (a tutorial for making the account will be sent to parents before classes begin)
Grades 3-6. Offered as 1 to 1.5 hour sessions in week long summer camps or after school and weekend workshops. In-person only.
Using basic materials or LEGOs, students will be given a variety of challenges and then design and build solutions for them. The challenges may be structural, functional or simply artistic, but the focus will be on coming up with original ideas, discovery and aesthetics, as well as solving the problem given by the challenge. Working alone, in pairs or as a group, students will be encouraged to let their curiosity and imagination lead them to create innovative designs for each challenge.