Team 1547

Help us make the dream of an official FIRST STRONGHOLD LEGO set (complete with Dean Kamen & Woodie Flowers minifigures) a reality! We need 10,000 votes to move ...on to the next round, so please vote and #makeitloud by spreading the word! Full details on the blog below, and direct link to register and vote on the LEGO Ideas site here: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/132444

At our annual end of year barbecue and look what our mentor Randy made us!! #omgrobots https://t.co/IjpdGoCcIQ

You know FIRST is awesome when even volunteering at Champs is a blast! #waldoatworlds #omgrobots https://t.co/PXFT1rvL30

Good luck to all teams competing @ the world championships! We'll be watching& cheering especially loud for our Canadian friends! #omgrobots

Dava Newman -- the first female scientist-engineer to be named Deputy Administrator of NASA -- says "I’m here to empower the next girl who steps in to her back ...yard, looks up into the nighttime sky and thinks -- ‘I want to explore the planets and heavens.’ As second in charge at the space agency, the MIT Astronautics Professor is eager to encourage girls' involvement in the sciences and hopes to see one in the commander's seat of the first crewed Mars mission scheduled for the 2030s. She observes that girls are often very enthusiastic about science while young but that there is a dramatic drop-off in their engagement once they reach middle and high school. Part of the problem, Newman believes, is how the conversation is framed in science education: "As an engineer (I believe) we’ve done our profession a disservice. Because I was told for sure you have to be the best in math, the best in calculus class, and the best in science. Well that’s not the message! These are tools and you have to be proficient but if you want to be an engineer you want to build and design rockets or spacesuits or spacecraft and fly things... I don’t want them to have any mental blocks because they don’t see themselves as an engineer or a scientist. To read more about this pioneering scientist and her vision for getting girls excited about science, visit http://nyti.ms/1rcRDDk For ways to help foster your own Mighty Girl's love of science, check out our blog post, "Science at Play: Top Science, Math, & Programming Toys for Mighty Girls," at http://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10528 To learn about trailblazing women of science throughout history, we highly recommend the excellent book "Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science -- And The World," for ages 13 and up at http://www.amightygirl.com/headstrong-52-women For a wonderful book about six remarkable women whose curiosity about nature fueled a passion to steadfastly overcome obstacles to careers in traditionally men-only occupations, we recommend "Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists" for ages 10 and up at http://www.amightygirl.com/girls-who-looked-under-rocks And, to inspire Mighty Girl of all ages with stories starring girls who love science, visit our blog post, "Ignite Her Curiosity: 25 Books Starring Science-Loving Mighty Girls," at http://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10940

Huge congratulations to @frc1241, #FRC610 and @frc3560 for the regional win at Waterloo! Some of the most exciting matches we've ever seen!!

Good luck to all teams participating in the Waterloo Regional starting tomorrow!!! Go break some more records of high score!!! #omgrobots

Happy Easter!!!!

If you missed The Rick Mercer Report or just want to re-watch it, the link is already up :) http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2685734194

One of the funny moments while Rick Mercer drove Waldo XII! Wish they showed him getting a red https://t.co/6FRpYfjf7N

T-minus 27 minutes until The @rickmercer Report!!! Learn more about Robotics!!! @CANFIRST @frc2056

Don't forget to watch The @rickmercer Report tonight at 8PM on CBC to see what #robotics is all about as well as to see him drive Waldo XII!

We can't wait to see the episode tonight, at 8PM on CBC!

Be sure to watch @rickmercer on Tuesday, March 22 at 8PM on CBC to see what Robotics is all about & to catch him drive our robot!