Robotics

Overview

• Robotics Fact Sheet (coming soon)
• Volunteer Opportunities

Kentucky 4-H believes that all youth should have opportunities for positive youth development in our four guiding concepts:  mastery, belonging, independence, and generosity.  This project fosters mastery by helping youth develop skills in design and assembly of robotic components, logical and process thinking in programming and applying skills involved in the Engineering Design Process; Belonging by learning to work as a team to determine and learn from other members strengths to cooperatively solve problems and create new products; Independence by helping develop problem solving and critical thinking skills; and Generosity by allowing youth to help others develop their own skills related to robotics, mechanization and programming.  Contact your county extension office for more information (link).

Curriculum

• National 4-H Junk Drawer Robotics Curriculum (4-H Mall)
• National 4-H Robotics with EV3 Curriculum (4-H Mall)
• National 4-H Robotics Kits and Resources (4-H Mall)
• Classroom Activities for the Busy Teacher: EV3 Resource Text (pdf or Amazon)
• USFIRST web site; FIRST LEGO League (FLL), FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) - National 4-H Partner

Events/Activities

• Kentucky 4-H Robotics Challenge - Save The Date
• Kentucky 4-H Robotics Competition at the Kentucky State Fair Event Guidelines and Rules
• Kentucky 4-H Robotics Competition at the Kentucky State Fair Registration (Agent Resource Guide - Login Required)

State Contact: Torey Earle, Extension Specialist for 4-H Youth Development - Science, Engineering and Technology; Office/ Mailing Address: UK College of Engineering Paducah Campus, CLC 210, 4810 Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah, KY 42002-7380; Phone: 270-534-3105; Fax: 270-534-3071; Email: tearle@uky.edu