FIRST Robotics Team 5122 - Old Town High School
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Team 5122 wants you to ​BE BRAVE!

"One of the hardest things to teach young women is how to trust their decisions in the absence of certainty."

Lisa Schultz
​Team 5122 Mentor

Our team's goal is to inspire students, especially girls, to learn to how to BE BRAVE!  
Important facts and advice:
  1. Bravery is trying something even when you are not sure of the outcome.  
  2. It's okay not to be perfect.
  3. Try something even if you don't know if you will succeed. 
  4. This takes practice!!  Keep trying and never give up.
This year's FRC theme is "Stronghold". We battle with our alliance partners to breach defenses and capture the castle.  Our team faces many challenges during these events that require teamwork, perseverance and, of course, bravery​!

Our Inspiration:

The inspiration for the Be Brave! movement came from a TED Talk by Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code.

"We have always been an equal part of the past. We just haven't been a part of history."    -Gloria Steinem

Do you want to help spread the word?  Here are some helpful resources:

Websites that celebrate brave women:
  • Makers: Videos of Women in STEM
  • ​25 Female STEM Superheros
  • The Untold Story of Women in Science and Technology
  • ​The 15 Most Amazing Women in Science Today
  • Complete the History Books: Women in STEM

Activities to inspire bravery:​

     Seek activities that have more than one solution, provide encouragement, connect with mentors and develop leadership skills. 


Robotics
  • FIRST: firstinspires.org
  • Maine Robotics: mainerobotics.org
Computer Programming
  • Girls Who Code: girlswhocode.com
  • Hour of Code: hourofcode.com
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
  • OnShape: onshape.com
  • Tinkercad: tinkercad.com
Engineering Design
  • Curiosity Machine: curiousitymachine.org
  • Girl Start: girlstart.org
Leadership
  • Girl Scouts: girlscoutsofmaine.org

Websites about encouraging interest in STEM:
  • Women in STEM Begins With Girls in STEM: 7 Ways to Support a Generation of Scientific Young Women​
  • Exciting Girls about Science and Engineering
  • 10 Ways to Raise Brave Girls
Picture

Margaret Hamilton: Lead software engineer of the Apollo Project.  She is standing next to the code she wrote by hand!  This code was used to take humanity to the moon. [1969]

If you have a resource you would like to share or have questions about how to inspire bravery in young students, please contact our team.  We would love to hear from you!
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Team 5122 - The RobOTies
Old Town High School, Old Town, Maine
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