Author Archive for: LindaB
Entries by Linda Baas
Middle School FTC 2019: Rising to the Challenge
From the moment the 2019 game for the FTC season, FIRST Rise, was revealed in September, our middle school FTC students were excited to take on the challenge of moving “stones” and building skyscrapers with those stones. As the build season progressed, students on Code Red’s two FTC teams designed and built a robot that […]
Code Red Partners with Area Teams to Run the Second Annual Fall Robotics Workshop
With an ever growing number of FRC teams in West Michigan, there is a need for information and training about all things FIRST and robotics for these area teams. To fulfill that need, a group of eight area FIRST Robotics Competition teams partnered together on October 26, 2019, to run the 2nd Annual Fall Robotics […]
NRG Students Kick-off Summer with Robotics Summer Camp
In June of 2019, Code Red ran our 5th annual NRG summer camp for students in grades 4-6. For one week, students built their own robots, learned how to program them, and practiced driving to play our 2018 Game: NRG LIFTOFF. This year’s summer camp took place at Byron Center Countryside Elementary school for 5 […]
FRC 2019 Season Recap: Diving Deep into Robotics and Problem-solving
Code Red celebrated its 10 year anniversary during the 2019 season with the theme “A Decade of Impact”. It was also an important year for Code Red’s six seniors who were starting their final year as a FIRST student after being part of the team since elementary school or since middle school. It was also […]
FRC 2019 Game Animation: Destination Deep Space
Two alliances of deep space travelers race to place hatch panel on their rockets and cargo ship, load valuable cargo for transport off the planet, and return to the safety of their habitat, all before the next sandstorm sweeps through.
FTC 2018: Amazing Students, Robots, and Results
In the Fall of 2018, Code Red’s two FTC teams, Neutrinos: Breaking the Laws of Physics (#5383) and Emergency Situation Evacuate Now (#5384), had a fun and successful season. FTC is a group of 7th & 8th graders who build a robot for a specific game. The 2018 game was called ‘Rover Ruckus’. This game […]
Fall Robotics Workshop Draws Over 200 Students
In October 2018, Code Red along with seven other West Michigan FRC teams partnered together to run a first annual robotics workshop for high school students. The event was held at Byron Center High School where 11 different workshop topics were offered. Teams from all over the state of Michigan were invited to come to […]
NRG 2018: A Successful Fourth Season
Once again in September and October of 2018, Code Red ran its own elementary program for 4th through 6th grade students called NRG (Next Robotics Generation). This being the 4th year of NRG, we have grown and developed the program to offer a exciting hands-on robotics experience for first, second, and even third year NRG […]
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