The Australian Microelectronics Centre, through its K12 Robotics Program, fosters technical skills for the future by supporting school students to develop their interest in engineering as a career pathway. The Centre facilitates robotics workshops, looks to supports local robotics competitions and establishes linkages between students and industry.
Supporting 180 students within the schools science program through the practicle application of electronics principles, microchip programming and robotics.
Supporting 50 students within the schools technology studies program with the development of controlled aerial vehicles utilising electronics principles, programming and RF applications.
Domabotics supplies professional development training for teachers in the field of Robotics Education.
We provide:
Teacher professional development workshops
Student classroom incursions
Custom robotics training
Teacher resources and robotics publications
Domabotics professional development workshops are endorsed by the Science Teachers Association of QLD (STAQ) and the QLD Society of Information Technology Educators (QSITE).
This weekend is full of fun, innovation, action-packed racing and imagination. Students are gathering to camp with their teammates, work as a team, and race on a state-wide level, against schools from all over Queensland - plus some from across Australia and overseas! There’s awesome competitions for primary and high school students.
The School of ITEE hosts the annual RoboCup Junior Queensland competition. Schools are invited to attend workshops to learn how to build and program robots and to compete in RoboCup Junior.
In 2008 FIRST Lego League teams from both Australia and New Zealand will be able to join 92,000 other children from 43 countries around the world to compete in the international robotics contest
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