GIRL POWER! - a D&T Week Program (PL1855)

Register HERE.

This workshop is FREE for DATTA Vic members, but registration is essential. Non-members can partipate at the cost of $25 per student.

To be in the running for $500, don't forget to also register your school for D&T Week if you're attending this event!

GIRL POWER is FREE for DATTA Vic members. It's an all-girl workshop held at Mount Alexander College, and it's designed to get your female students engaged in STEM. Teachers and students will work with DATTA Vic to learn how to build, program and compete with robots.

Schools can send one female teacher with a group of up to 5 female students. (*Please ensure you enter the number of students in your group when you book.)

This event will be hosted by Templstowe College's Rianne Burroughs and Mount Alexander College's Sarah Lee-Johnston.

If possible, schools should bring along their own VEX robot.

The program is as follows:

9:30 - Meet and greet at Mount Alexander College

10:00 - Introduction to the VEX Robotics Program

10:30 - Building Robotic Bases

11:30 - Picking up the pieces

12:30 - Lunch

1:00 - Programming Driver Control

1:30 - Practice Matches

2:00 - Programming Autonomous

2:30 - Autonomous Practice

3:00 - end of session

When:

9.30am - 3pm

Wednesday 10 October

Where:

Mount Alexander College

Cost:

FREE for DATTA Vic members*

$25 per student (up to 5 students per team)

*NOTE REGISTRATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL

Thanks to The Department of Education & Training's Strategic Partnerships Program for their support for DATTA Vic's Teaching Applied STEM in Design & Technologies initiative

Thanks to our Design & Technologies Week 2018 Sponsors