Our team has participated in the National Advocacy Conference since its 4th year. We helped lobby for continued funding of Title IV, Part A of the ESSA to help fund afterschool STEM programs.
Learn MoreOur team mentored Team Ukraine in FIRST Global's inaugural year and volunteered at the competition in DC. We also developed a robot build guide for all FIRST Global Teams. In its second year, we mentored Team Slovakia and helped HQ prepare for the competition in Mexico City.
Learn MoreIn 2017, we launched Project CREED—a four-year STEM education plan to teach STEM concepts year-round through courses in Engineering, Robotics, Electronics, and Capstone Design.
We partnered with STEM exCEL to create a 'Coach the Coach' workshop, training parents to coach FLL and Jr. FLL teams, and provided resources to improve outreach, safety, and business practices.
Learn MoreWe implemented FarmBot, an agricultural CNC system, in our school's greenhouse to help Special Education students learn about automated farming while growing crops.
Learn MoreWe ran a Halloween booth at NASA’s Air and Scare Day at the Udvar-Hazy Center, where kids and families practiced driving an FTC robot.
Learn MoreWe showcased a t-shirt shooter robot at a rivalry game. The pressurized pneumatic cannon shot t-shirts into the crowd, demonstrating our skills in robotics.
We collaborated with Coding Dojo to show how our robotics team codes for real-world tasks with FIRST FTC and FRC game challenges.
Learn MoreWe visited over 3,000 homes to invite families to our first annual STEM Maker Fair, inspiring interest in STEM and robotics.
We partnered with GMU's Center for Science Education to host our STEM Maker Fair, showcasing FIRST teams, interactive STEM booths, and sponsor projects to over 600 visitors.
Code Cville is an interactive coding camp we host to teach kids how to program games using Scratch and App Inventor.
We mentored 2nd-6th graders at Centreville Elementary through stations on simple machines, LEGO robotics, and free builds. This season, we mentored an FLL team for the Hydrodynamics Challenge.
We support and mentor two FTC teams from Liberty Middle School, helping them safely and effectively design, build, and program their robots.
We host a feminine hygiene product drive, collecting items to donate to our local women’s shelter.
We brought FRC and FTC robots to Liberty MS STEM Night, letting kids drive robots while explaining the importance of robotics and math in design and programming.