Below is an outline for a really unique
outreach effort for the
AVHS FIRST Robotics team - Knights Of The Valley.
This is an E3 STEM & FIRST Robotics outreach effort as it is being led by E3 STEM students on the team.
Squire Outreach Program
Who: Students at Southview who work with Ms. Mads0n in the Gifted & Talented program. Apple Valley High School Knights Of The Valley FIRST Robotics team.
When: The Squires would travel to the competition on the morning of Friday, April 8 to support their Knights Of The Valley by match scouting, pit scouting and cheering on their team. The Southview Squires would attend the competition from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm on April 8.
Why: The Knights believe they are fulfilling the ultimate Mission of FIRST by inspiring more young people to become excited about STEM fields through this program. The Knights will also learn a number of valuable lessons by having to prepare their squires to perform these scouting duties and leading them at the competition.
How:
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● Members of the Knights will create a pit & match scouting forms and an information collection
system that they will have their squires use at the competition.
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● The Knight will create some kind of shirt or other items that will identify the Southview students
as squire members of their team when they are at the tournament.
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● They will meet with Ms. Madson from Southview to review these to ensure the system is clear and
usable for her students.
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● Members of the Knights of The Valley will visit Southview to train
their squires to perform these duties.
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○ The Knight will provide an complete overview of the 2016 competition including an
explanation of the game, key strategies and basic rules.
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○ They will then share the scouting documents and have the students perform a mock pit
scouting using the Knights and their robot as their target team.
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○ The squires will match scout a match or two on video from an FRC regional tournament
that has already taken place.
