Media Advisory: Campers Demonstrate Their Robot Performance Skills at SBPLI’s FIRST Robotics Camp

OAKDALE, N.Y. - July 25, 2013 - PRLog -- Who:               Joani Madarash, Executive Director, School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc.

Janet Anderson, Director, SBPLI Robotics Camp staff and representatives from Dowling College

Students and mentors


What:              For the second year in a row, School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI), in cooperation with Dowling College, hosted its weeklong FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Summer Day Camp. Over a five-day period, students learned how to build, operate and program a robot to perform certain tasks. They will put that knowledge to good use when they show their family members what they have learned during those five days. Elementary and middle school-aged children built and programmed robots with LEGO pieces and moving parts, while high school students built and programmed a 120-pound robot.

There was a sharp increase in enrollment this year due to the children’s increased interest in SBPLI’s FIRST LEGO League (FLL) and FIRST Robotics Competition programs. These programs create an educated workforce for Long Island by opening the minds of students to career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

When:             Friday, July 26, 2013
                       2:00 pm

Where:            Dowling College
                       Fortunoff Hall Ballroom
                       150 Idle Hour Boulevard
                       Oakdale, NY

Directions:     Sunrise Highway to Exit 48 (Locust Ave./Oakdale/Bohemia). Take Oakdale-Bohemia Rd. south and go 0.8 mile. Turn right onto Main Street. After 0.6 mile, make a left onto Idle Hour Blvd. Stay on Idle Hour Blvd. for another 0.4 mile. College will be on the right. Demonstrations will take place at Fortunoff Hall.

Photo Ops:    Students programming their robots to perform tasks. Representatives of SBPLI and Dowling College joined by the students and their mentors.