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Adec briefs schools about robotic challenge

World Robot Olympiad is a Lego Mindstorms-based robotics competition catering to students approximately from Grade 3 to university level.

Abu Dhabi - The Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec), the official national organiser for the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) activities in the UAE, has invited over 400 coaches, teachers and mentors of robotics teams and clubs, to learn more about the UAE National Robot Challenge to be held on September 2015.

The WRO is a Lego Mindstorms-based robotics competition catering to students approximately from Grade 3 to university level.

The competition is hosted in a different country each November, with over 50 member countries and more than 20,000 teams competing.

During the launch, coaches, mentors and teachers interested in robotics and former participating coaches and judges from public, private and Ministry of Education (MoE) schools across the UAE, were given detailed information on Adec’s participation in conjunction with the UAE Ministry of Education, in the First Lego League (FLL) Pilot Project. Schools were also given details on how their students can participate.

The FLL challenge for 2014-15 theme called “World Class Learning Unleashed,” is composed of up to 10 students aged 9 to 16, with at least two screened lead coaches.

“Adec will be selecting 30 teams from across both private and public schools and another 20 teams from across MoE schools to take part in the FLL. Participating in FLL is a wonderful experience for both children and coaches since it helps unleash potential talent based on 21st century skills, that are very much required in future career paths across the United Arab Emirates, with focus on fields such as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Stem),” said Dr. Najla AlNaqbi, Programme Manager e-Learning at Adec’s P-12.

The team of participating students will create innovative and exciting robots using naturally applied Stem related principles in a challenging yet fun-loving manner,” said Dr. Najla AlNaqbi, programme manager e-Learning at Adec’s P-12, adding that each time students take part in WRO they come up with excellent results and reach the finals. -reporters@khaleejtimes.com