Robotics Camp

When Justin one "Best in Show" in the District Science Fair last spring, one of the awards he received was a scholarship to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology Robotics Camp. This is a 3 day camp held for kids going into 7th through 10th grades and called a pre-college program. Justin was the youngest one. It was suppose to be a residential camp, meaning they spent the night there, but I just didn't feel great about that, him being so young and he would have to share a room with maybe some 10th grader. So every morning, I dropped him off at 8:00 am and every night, Jon would pick him up at 9:30 pm (loooong day). He really enjoyed it and wants to go again, but next year, wants to spend the night. I told him he could. There is also a aerospace camp held at the same university that he is eligible for next summer that is also a sleep-over camp. Of course, he wants to do both!

This is at the parents presentation. Here is Justin and his 2 teammates (notice the age gap). They built this robot. First, they had to program and design what they wanted on a computer, and build and test it (and of course, a 1,000 other things). It had sensors and could locate and pick up a ball.

Justin retrieving his backpack. I liked this picture because I want him to be this excited about college and here he is attending one for a few days (of course, I want this for all my boys :):Back at home with a robotics car and certificate: