2008 Robot Contest Coloring Book Now Available!
	NEW AUGUST 2008! The 2008 winners of our annual robot coloring contest show just how wonderful kids' own drawings can be! Download it now and enjoy!

Our MORE program was developed to:

• Generate excitement in science, engineering,and technology.
• Reach out to the local community by focusing on literacy programs for reading-age youth.
• Develop science and engineering materials suitable for younger students and their teacher.

MORE accomplishes this with the following:

• Read aloud programs at libraries and schools.
• Distribution of age-appropriate coloring books on robots.
• Donations of early reader books about robots.
• An annual book drive to support local literacy programs.
• Developing early reader books and coloring books about robotics.
• Translated these books into 3 languages (Spanish, English, and Chinese).
• Challenging kids to get involved with design through   our contests

Past and Future Presentations

2007-08 Calendar of Events

• August 13- Expanding Our Kids' World Daycare
• December 8- Charter School of Wilmington Science Expo
• December 12- Learning Center - Newark, Delaware
• February 2- Woodlawn Library
• May 22- Claymont Library

• August 7- National Night Out Against Crime - Newcastle, Delaware
• October 13- Duel on the Delaware Book Drive
• October- Kickoff - Second Annual Cool Robot Design Contest
• January 12- JFLL Satellite Competition
• January 20- Hagley Museum Invention Convention
• January 21- MLK Day at Riverfront Convention Center
• February 9- Robot Contest Closes
• More to be announced!

Teacher Resources

- For K-3rd grade children. Can be used in classrooms, after school or summer programs.

K-2 Downloadable Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans

-Using reading & writing to teach young students engineering and technology and connect them to everyday problem solving.

Delaware and Pennsylvania Educational Standards

- Developed and Graciously provided by Rich Kressley, FRC 1712.

Delaware Standards
Pennsylvania Standards

Picture Storybooks (to download)

	We Build Robots (pdf 7.0 MB) -- FIRST Robotics Team 365 - Miracle Workerz Illustrates the work of an engineering and design process through a high school team's six-week challenge to build a robot to solve problems in an international competition. Also available in: Spanish (pdf 7.4 MB) Simple Chinese (pdf 2.6 MB) Complex Chinese (pdf 7.4 MB) High Resolution (English)
	We Build Robots Too (updated June 2006, pdf 8.7 MB) - FIRST Lego League Shows how middle school students design and build Lego-sized robots to solve real world challenges faced every day by the disabled. Also available in: Spanish (pdf 1.2 MB) Simple Chinese (pdf 0.9 MB) Complex Chinese (pdf 1.3 MB)
	Who can help? Ask an Engineer! (pdf 2.4 MB) - FIRST Robotics Team 365 Miracle Workerz Gizmoe shows how engineers use science, math, and technology to solve problems everyday.
	We Can Build (pdf 2.9 MB) - Picture Storybook Elementary school students learn about under-water life and design a seascape and creatures to demonstrate what they have learned.
	We Love Robots - Padua Vex Team A girl's high school robotics team shares what they learned about the principles of robotics while building table top robots.

Folded Books

- Small one page books for young people.

Book Instructions We Build Robots! Explains in simple terms how engineers often work in teams to design and build complex, creative devices, such as robots to solve everyday problems. Really Cool Robots Briefly describes five real robots at work in industry and science today.

Coloring Books (to download)

		Simple Machines with MOE (pdf 400 KB) - Simple machines make work easier! They can be big or small. Often they are found working together in bigger machines. Read about our robot, MOEbius, as he uses simple machines to get a job done quickly and easily.
		Around the World with MOE (updated June 2006, pdf 710 KB) - Around the World with MOE Coloring Book. Our robots travel around the world to show us some ancient and modern wonders of engineering.

Robot Contest Winners
	The 2007 winners of our annual robot coloring contest are combined in this fun to color imaginative book.
	NEW AUGUST 2008! The 2008 winners of our annual robot coloring contest show just how wonderful kids' own drawings can be! Download it now and enjoy!







Links

Engineering & Robots: Games and Activities

• Robotics Laboratory
  Totally excellent site! Games, history, links, info -- for students, teens and adult mentors.
• TheTech Museum Of Innovation
  Control a robot with your arrow keys. Debate about the ethics of using robots. Learn about the history of robotics.
• Surfing the Net With Kids
  Generic site with links to robot topics.
• Rover Ranch
  Robotic engineering, software, and systems with lists, links, and activities from NASA.
• Virtual space and science center
• How to make your own nanorover!
• Robohut
  Tour a very cool collection.
• Books for Kids
• Breaking Through
  Celebrates creativity in engineering.
• Engineering Bookmarks
  website in English, Spanish and Chinese!
• Discovering Engineering:
  • A fun and informative way to discover what engineers do.
  • What do engineers do?

Contact

• If you need any more information please contact the facilitator, Linda Grusenmeyer