11/10/2018
PRESS RELEASE
The Northwest State Community College’s Student Body Organization Cryptic Cyborgs, FIRST robotics team, has been chosen to compete in the Young Astronaut Day at the NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland Ohio on November 3, 2018. The team will compete in hands on activities related to engineering topics. The team was chosen from a lottery selection to attend this event.
The Cryptic Cyborg team is made up of local high school students in 9th-12th grade competing in the FIRST robotics program. The NSCC program currently has over 40 students involved with the FIRST program. The team is recruiting students for the 2019 competition season beginning January 5th 2019. To join the team contact Jim Drewes 419-267-1439 or [email protected] Check out FIRST https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc
Young Astronaut Day is a STEM outreach event for students in grades 1-12. Every year since 1992, NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH hosts students from grades 1st-12th to compete in hands-on activities related to engineering problem solving. These range from pasta towers to lego robots. The activities vary from year to year and all have an aerospace theme. Ribbons are awarded to the top three teams of each activity. During the day, the students also engage in the ‘Canstruction®’ community service activity. In partnership with Herschman Architects, the students assemble an aerospace themed structure (like the space shuttle or Curiosity rover) out of donated canned foods. The day long activity includes a presentation from a NASA astronaut and a STEM competition.
