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  • 1.  Space professional needed for LEGO FIRST

    Posted 16 Aug, 2018 07:27
    Good Morning!
    I facilitate an after-school robotics/engineering club in Suffolk, Virginia.  In the fall, we participate in the FIRST 
    LEGO league competition.  This year the theme is Into Orbit.  https://firstinspiresst01.blob.core.windows.net/fll/2019/FIRST-FLL-2018-19-Challenge-Letter.pdf

    The competition is made up of three components: the core values, the robot challenge, and the project.  Core Values are philosophies of Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition®; standards the children should up hold. The robot challenge is the way the students program the robot to complete missions and tasks on the game board. The project is where the students identify a problem defined by the theme and come up with a solution.  It encourages us to reach out to professionals and do research.

    This year, with the 
    Into Orbit theme, the problem is:  Have your team identify a human physical or social problem faced during long duration space exploration within our Sun's solar system and propose a solution.  I am looking for anyone who could give a presentation to my students during the first week of September about the challenge problem. IT could be a a very general presentation about human space travel.

    Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments or concerns:  lesliebulger@spsk12.net

    There is a link that would need to be completed to be able to volunteer with the students.

    Thank you for your assistance!




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    Leslie Bulger
    Col. Fred Cherry MS
    Suffolk, VA
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  • 2.  RE: Space professional needed for LEGO FIRST

    Posted 16 Aug, 2018 14:51
    Dear Leslie,

    Kudos on your AIAA engage discussion posting.  This site is new and I know that several of our members have not been checking it.  It might be of value for us to also put out a call to the Hampton Roads section via email.  With your permission, I will ask our section secretary to distribute the following:

    Subject:   AIAA-HRS: SPACE PROFESSIONAL NEEDED FOR LEGO FIRST

    Dear HRS Members,

    Leslie Bulger facilitates an after-school robotics/engineering club in Suffolk, Virginia, and in the fall, participates in the FIRST 
    LEGO league competition.  This year the theme is Into Orbit.  https://firstinspiresst01.blob.core.windows.net/fll/2019/FIRST-FLL-2018-19-Challenge-Letter.pdf

    Leslie is looking for anyone who could give a presentation to students during the first week of September about the challenge problem. It could be a a very general presentation about human space travel.

    For volunteer information visit and sign in to the AIAA Engage site:  Space professional needed for LEGO FIRST

    Or contact her directly at:    lesliebulger@spsk12.net


    Gregory Buck
    RAC Representative
    AIAA Hampton Roads Section
    PO Box 7392
    Hampton, VA 23666
    mailto:aiaa.hrs.rac@gmail.com
    757 272-7402


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    Gregory Buck
    Aerospace Engineer
    NASA Langley Research Center
    Hampton VA
    (757)864-5240
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  • 3.  RE: Space professional needed for LEGO FIRST

    Posted 16 Aug, 2018 15:30
    sure thing! thanks!  Whats your availability?!? *wink wink
    Leslie Bulger
      

    Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as hard duty. ~Albert Einstein