Outreach Summary

Georgia BEST

• A free competition for middle and high schools

• Competed from 2004-14

• The original host of the competition underwent Administrative Restructuring and decided to drop the competition in 2015.

  • ONLY HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM TO HOST

• In order to save the competition, we became the only high school robotics team to host a BEST Robotics Hub.

• In 2015, we hosted 12 teams.

• In 2016, we hosted 20 teams (67% Growth)

  • Raised $20k

• Our goal is for these teams to use the skills that they have learned in BEST to become great teams in FLL & FRC.

FIRST LEGO League

• Since 2004, we have been hosting FLL Regional Tournaments for DeKalb County

• Our 2016 tournament had 24 teams.

  • 240 Students

• Starting in 2011, we have contracted with the DeKalb County School System to provide free FLL Trainings for DeKalb Teams.

  • 71 FLL Teams (25% Growth)

    • 710 Students

  • The County pays us, but the teams pay nothing!

  • Goal is for these teams to advance to State!

• Since 2015, we have been hosting the Atlanta Super Regional!

  • One of the largest FLL Tourneys (32 teams)!

• Since 2015, we have also been hosting an FLL Summer Camp at FSC!

  • Need-Based Scholarships because everyone should have access to STEM!

  • 16 campers last year!

• Last year, we created the FLL Score App for Android Phones!

  • Teams can score their practice matches.

  • The app has 165 installs on the Google Play Store!

• 2016 FLL Teams

  • 16/32 Teams at the Atlanta Super Regional were trained by us

Science Night Out

• Original Team Outreach Program (since 2002)

• 4 sessions during the Spring

  • Engineering Night

    • Engineers come and kids learn about structures

  • Lego Mindstorms Night

    • Kids learn about Mindstorms and FLL

  • Alumni Night

    • The LINKS Alumni Come Back and Lead

  • LINKS Style

    • There is no set theme and kids learn about a variety of subjects

    • Chemistry, Aerodynamics, etc.

• Up to 60 kids attend each session.

Community Outreach (25,000 individuals this year)

• We have 2 outreach robots

  • FRC practice bot

  • C. Harriet (BEST)

• Atlanta Maker Faire

  • 20,000 Attendees

  • We exhibited with other teams.

• Newnan STEAM Expo

  • 1,000 Attendees

  • We set up a BEST Field and invited our teams to compete in an offseason competition.

• School Visit

  • Kittredge Science Night

• GSU STEM Teacher Leadership Institute

  • We taught teachers about Lego Mindstorms robots so they could start FLL Teams.

Assisting Other FRC Teams

• Destination Einstein

  • Our workshop is adjacent to JR&D DE, so we are host to teams who come and practice on it.

• JRD Alliance

  • As part of the alliance, we collaborate with our partners and share tools and ideas.

  • Teams

    • DISCBots - 6023

    • Global Dynamics - 4026

    • 100 Scholars

    • Atomic-Robotic-Dogs

    • Techno Kids

• FRC Score

  • App that allows teams to practice score their matches to form a better strategy

  • 500+ Installs