Adventures in Robotics Camp - 2017
Adventures in Robotics Camp - 2016
Robotics Boot Camp 2015
Robotics Boot Camp 2014 Summary
Most of you know that my bother and I are very interested in Robotics since I was in 4th grade. We shared our learning with the community through a summer boot camp this July. We want to summarize our experience and the service effort. Please check out this short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOPOHfFeDL0 for a highlight of our experience.
We have been to several Robotics competitions including FIRST Lego League (for 4-8 graders) and FIRST Tech Challenge (for 7-12 graders) representing Snoqualmie valley and the school district. In the process, we learnt a lot about robotics, programming and most importantly working together as a team. We wanted to share this passion for Robotics with other students in our community. We set up a Robotics boot camp that would introduce robotics to elementary and middle school students. We decided to run the camp for a cause by contributing the fees raised from the camp to an orphanage in India as a donation.
We had a goal of raising $700 for the charity. We had an overwhelming response resulting in $1595 from our boot camps. We planned to host two sessions but due demand we had three distinct sessions each with 5-10 students in them. We taught the students an introduction to robotics and programming. At the end of the camp, the students exhibited their learning through Sumo robotics wrestling competition http://goo.gl/foVtTU. Delivering the boot camp gave us a higher level of appreciation for our teachers and class preparation activities by the teachers.
We donated all the money we raised ($1595 = 100,000 Rupees) to a trust called M.S. Chellamuthu Trust located in Madurai, India. M.S.Chellamuth Trust mission is to help persons with mental disabilities and facilitate their reintegration with the society. We visited the facility for mentally ill run by the trust in Madurai, India in August. We talked with the supporting staff as well the some of the patients. It was very moving. Our donation will be used by Aakaash School (school for young children with special needs) with the sensory room project as well as the facility for the Mentally Ill at Madurai in the form of sleeping cots and water filtration system for them. Both of the facilities are run by the Trust.
We had a great experience in hosting the Robotics boot camp as well as donating the money to the charity. We can't wait to share more of our interests with Robotics within the community and around the world next year. Visit our website http://snoqualmierobotics.weebly.com/ for more information and feedback from the students/parents.
Vishnu Rathnam (11th grader @ MSHS) &
Hari Rathnam (8th grader @ CKMS)
We have been to several Robotics competitions including FIRST Lego League (for 4-8 graders) and FIRST Tech Challenge (for 7-12 graders) representing Snoqualmie valley and the school district. In the process, we learnt a lot about robotics, programming and most importantly working together as a team. We wanted to share this passion for Robotics with other students in our community. We set up a Robotics boot camp that would introduce robotics to elementary and middle school students. We decided to run the camp for a cause by contributing the fees raised from the camp to an orphanage in India as a donation.
We had a goal of raising $700 for the charity. We had an overwhelming response resulting in $1595 from our boot camps. We planned to host two sessions but due demand we had three distinct sessions each with 5-10 students in them. We taught the students an introduction to robotics and programming. At the end of the camp, the students exhibited their learning through Sumo robotics wrestling competition http://goo.gl/foVtTU. Delivering the boot camp gave us a higher level of appreciation for our teachers and class preparation activities by the teachers.
We donated all the money we raised ($1595 = 100,000 Rupees) to a trust called M.S. Chellamuthu Trust located in Madurai, India. M.S.Chellamuth Trust mission is to help persons with mental disabilities and facilitate their reintegration with the society. We visited the facility for mentally ill run by the trust in Madurai, India in August. We talked with the supporting staff as well the some of the patients. It was very moving. Our donation will be used by Aakaash School (school for young children with special needs) with the sensory room project as well as the facility for the Mentally Ill at Madurai in the form of sleeping cots and water filtration system for them. Both of the facilities are run by the Trust.
We had a great experience in hosting the Robotics boot camp as well as donating the money to the charity. We can't wait to share more of our interests with Robotics within the community and around the world next year. Visit our website http://snoqualmierobotics.weebly.com/ for more information and feedback from the students/parents.
Vishnu Rathnam (11th grader @ MSHS) &
Hari Rathnam (8th grader @ CKMS)