Earning Daisy Girl Scout Robotics Badges with a Hands-on Soft Robot Gripper Design Activity (Resource Exchange)
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Baltimore , Maryland
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June 25, 2023
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June 25, 2023
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June 28, 2023
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 12: Resource Exchange
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)
- Page Count
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5
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--43212
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https://peer.asee.org/43212
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325
Paper Authors
Lucy Brizzolara
Elizabeth Ann McNeela
Bioengineering undergraduate student interested in the effects of outreach programs and curriculums on engineering enrollment.
Thomas Tran
Thomas Tran is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Bioengineering department. He plans to attend the University of Chicago and pursue a Master's in Molecular Engineeging. His research focuses on utilizing soft robotics as a means to expose K12 students to engineering while addressing the gender disparities seen across several engineering disciplines.
Holly M. Golecki
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
orcid.org/0000-0003-3691-0420
Dr. Holly Golecki (she/her) is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Bioengineering at the University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an Associate in the John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. She holds an appointment at the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine in the Department of Biomedical and Translational Sciences. She is also a core faculty member at the Institute for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in the College of Engineering. Holly studies biomaterials and soft robotics and their applications in the university classroom, in undergraduate research and in engaging K12 students in STEM. Holly received her BS/MS in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University and her PhD in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University.
Abstract
Perceptions of who can be an engineer are formed as early as elementary school for some students. Exposing young children to robotics, engineering, and design can impact their confidence and interest in STEM. This Resource Exchange provides a project-based format for young children to earn Daisy Girl Scout Robotics badges through a hands-on soft robotics activity. We previously piloted a soft gripper activity with elementary-aged Girl Scout troop members to help them earn three robotics badges: “What Robots Do”, “How Robots Move”, and “Design a Robot”. This activity, broken into three one-hour activities teaches young children the fundamentals of robotics design. The Resource Exchange includes materials and all instructions needed to complete the activity.
Brizzolara, L., & McNeela, E. A., & Tran, T., & Golecki, H. M. (2023, June), Earning Daisy Girl Scout Robotics Badges with a Hands-on Soft Robot Gripper Design Activity (Resource Exchange) Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43212
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