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FIRST and ColoradoFIRST Overview
501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization
Igniting young minds. Teaching life skills. Nurturing passions for science and technology. ®
Practicing “Gracious Professionalism®.”
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
It’s a competitive sport. It’s more than robots.
It’s a life experience. It’s opportunity. It’s community.
It’s amazing. FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FIRST® learning … … never stops building upon itself, starting at age 6 and continuing
through middle and high-school levels up to age 18. Young people can join the international, K-12, after-school, STEM* programs at any level. FIRST inspires innovation excellence, teaching 21st century skills and immersing participants in project-based learning and robotics competitions.
FIRST® Progression of Programs
*STEM: science, technology, engineering, and math
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
✔ Introduction to science and technology ✔ Design and build Challenge-related model using LEGO® elements ✔ Create a Show Me poster and practice presentation skills ✔ Explore challenges facing today’s scientists ✔ Discover real-world math and science ✔ Engage in team activities guided by Jr.FLL Core Values FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2014/15 Season Projections
Team Growth 5,000 4,500
4,500
4,500 teams
4,000
4,000 3,347
3,500 2,985
3,000
27,000 children, Grades K-3
2,500 2,147
2,000 1,448
1,500 1,004
1,000
Up to 6 students per team
1,203
702
327
500 125
0 2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014 Projected
100+ local Expos, 1 World Festival Expo
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✔ Create innovative solutions to challenges facing today’s scientists ✔ Strategize, design, build, program and test an autonomous robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS® technology ✔ Apply real-world math and science concepts ✔ Develop career and life skills ✔ Become involved in their local and global community FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2014/15 Season Projections
Team Growth 30,000 26,762
25,000
23,748 20,430
20,000
26,762 teams 267,620 children, Grades 4-8
16,762
15,000
13,705
10,000
8,847 5,859
5,000
3,001
1,540
0
200
Up to 10 students per team
1,165 Qualifying Tournaments, 136 Championship Tournaments, 1 World Festival Approx. 80 countries
U.S. & Canada Outside U.S. & Canada FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
✔ Head-to-head competition using sports model ✔ Teams design, build, program robots based on sound engineering principles ✔ Platform is reusable from year to year ✔ Develop strategic problem-solving, organization, and team-building skills ✔ Awards for competition, community outreach, design ✔ Qualify for >$13.5 million in scholarships FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2014/15 Season Projections
Team Growth 5,000 4,450
4,500 4,000
4,450 teams
3,800
44,500 students, Grades 7-12
3,500 3,000
2,779
Up to 10 students per team
2,500 2,093
2,000 1,606
1,500 986
1,000
1,111
799 554
500 53
130
0 2005 Demo
2006 Pilot
2008
2010
2012
2014 Projected
300+ Meets, League Championships, Qualifying Tournaments, Championship Tournaments, and Super-Regional Championship Tournaments; 1 World Championship 16 countries
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
✔ Varsity Sport for the Mind™
✔ Strict rules, limited resources, time limits ✔ Students mentored by professional engineers
✔ Teams learn, use sophisticated hardware and software ✔ Build and compete with robots of their own design ✔ Qualify for >$20 million in scholarships FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2015 Season Projections
Team Growth 3,500
3,000 3,000
2,727
3,000 teams
2,546
2,500
2,343
75,000 high-school-age students
2,072
2,000
1,808 1,683
1,500
1,307
10 or more students per team (av. 25)
1,501
1,133 927
1,000
991
56 Regionals; 5 District Championships; 48 District Events; 1 FRC Championship
500 28 0 199 2
200 5
200 7
200 9
201 1
201 3
201 5 Pro jected
19 countries
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen
Devoted to helping young people discover and develop a passion for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). 400,000+ Students
2014/15 (projected)
180,000+ Mentor/Volunteer roles filled
3,500+ Sponsors/Suppliers ~80 Countries
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Who is it for?
For Students (grades K-12, ages 6-18): the hardest fun you’ll ever have. For Mentors, Coaches, Volunteers: the most rewarding adventure you’ll ever undertake. For Sponsors: the most enlightened investment you could ever make. FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
How FRC Works
“…It’s like life. You never have enough information. You never have enough time. The kit of materials is what you have in the warehouse. There are always competing things and you must have a strategy. We’ve created a microcosm of the real engineering experience.” Woodie Flowers FIRST National Advisor FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
How FRC Works
✔ Mission is to INSPIRE, not EDUCATE ✔ But look at what is involved: •
Math (algebra, geometry, trig, calculus)
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Science (physics, chemistry, experimentation)
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Language arts (writing, public speaking)
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Business (marketing, PR, fundraising)
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Finance (accounting)
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Computer Science (programming, 3D animation)
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Fabrication (woodworking, metalworking)
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Mentorship: Working side-by-side with professionals
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Teamwork
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Gracious Professionalism®
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Coopertition® FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FRC Impact Brandeis University Study “More Than Robots” (Funded by Ford Foundation)
Compared to their matched peers, FIRST Alumni are: ✔ Significantly more likely to attend college. ✔ 3x more likely to major in engineering. ✔ 9x more likely to have an internship in Freshman year. ✔ 4x more likely to pursue a career in Engineering. ✔ 2.5x more likely to volunteer in the community.
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FRC Impact Brandeis University Study “More Than Robots” (Funded by Ford Foundation) ✔ Female FIRST Alumni are 4x (400%) more likely to pursue Technology and Engineering majors in college. ✔ Minority FIRST Alumni are 2x (200%) more likely to pursue Technology and Engineering majors in college.
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FIRST Scholarships More than $20 million in scholarship opportunities from over 150 providers, including:
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Who is it for?
For Students (grades K-12, ages 6-18): the hardest fun you’ll ever have. For Mentors, Coaches, Volunteers: the most rewarding adventure you’ll ever undertake. For Sponsors: the most enlightened investment you could ever make. FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Get involved: Sponsors FIRST Sponsorship Become a Sponsor: Provide financial support to teams Involve employees as Mentors, Coaches and/or Volunteers
Provide equipment, facilities and/or training Help host a tournament for your community
“FLL enables us to be a player in the community. The kids enjoy it and our employees get a kick out of it as volunteers. The feeling is that we’re all in this together.” Tom Pirelli, Chairman, ArialPhone Corporation FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FIRST Founding Sponsors
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FIRST Strategic Partners
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
More information
On the web • • •
www.usfirst.org www.firstlegoleague.org www.juniorfirstlegoleague.org
Call 1-800-871-8326 W W W. USFIRST . O R G
800-871-8326
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
ColoradoFIRST Overview
ColoradoFIRST Mission
To promote FIRST robotics programs in Colorado by hosting tournaments and supporting coaches, mentors and teams with training, coordination and financial assistance. We strive to be a high quality, sustainable entity that can pursue long term initiatives and set an example for FIRST Regions across the US.
ColoradoFIRST Overview (www.coloradofirst.org)
Founded in 2001 to represent and achieve the mission of FIRST® Achieved 501(c)(3) status in 2008; 100% volunteer organization Uniquely positioned with the programs of FIRST to identify, recruit and develop the technical leaders of tomorrow for Colorado
Board of Directors is currently 6 current or former executives from industry and education Strong collaboration with industry and education partners Goals: Grow overall student participation by 10% every year To have teams in at least 75% of the 1800 high schools, middle, and grade schools in Colorado To make the study of STEM fields mainstream by including all students regardless of geographic location and socio-economic status
ColoradoFIRST Board of Directors Name
COFIRST Title
Occupation
William Schneider
President
President, Teocali Energy, LLC
Dawn Lutz
CO Operating Committee Chair
President, Technetronic Solutions, Inc.
Mark Valerio
Director
VP/GM, Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Rodger Stewart
Chief Growth Officer
Retired CEO, UltraShape, Inc.
Tribby Warfield
Chief Marketing Officer
SVP/GM, Kaman Fluid Power
Wade Sutton
Director
Strategic Account Manager, PTC
Denise Henry
Director
Outreach Manager, Ball Corporation
2013/14 Season Colorado Metrics FIRST
Colorado Regional FIRST Robotics Challenge (FRC) Competition: 40 Colorado teams, 64 total 1000 high school students compete FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) held with 65 teams 16 FIRST Lego League (FLL) and Jr FLL competitions and events: over 350 teams and >2700 students (ages 6-14) participated 3 Colorado FRC, 1 FTC, and 1 FLL teams qualified to compete in the FIRST Championship in St. Louis, MO. Over 2000 volunteers support all FIRST competitions in Colorado
ColoradoFIRST Program Participation Growth
2013/14 Season Colorado Metrics
2013/14 Season Colorado Metrics
2014 ColoradoFIRST Fiscal(1) Year P&L FIRST Income:
Cash donations $165,312 Other income $ 41,087 Total income $ 206,399 Expenses: FRC support $ 126,148 FLL support $ 60,890 G&A(2) $ 8,278 Total Expenses $ 195,449 Net Income $ 10,950
(1) (2)
Audited results for July 2013 thru June 2014 G&A only 4.2% of total expenses; 4.0% of revenue
ColoradoFIRST Financial Trends
ColoradoFIRST Sponsors (past & present)
ColoradoFIRST In-Kind Partners
FIRST Student Success Tamer Mohamed A Nine Year Old Who Spoke No English Becomes a Daniels Scholar “Looking back at the FIRST Robotics Competition, I realize that it really helped spark my interest in engineering and technology. FIRST Robotics was one of the best things I was involved in during high school.”
Tamer Mohamed was born in the African country of Sudan and moved to the United States with his family at the age of nine; he knew no English Mohamed’s parents moved to this country for one main reason: a better education for their children In his senior year at Denver Public School’s CEC Middle College, Mohamed found out that he won the prestigious Daniels Scholarship given to deserving students who are evaluated on strength of character, academic promise, leadership potential, potential to contribute to one’s community and well-rounded personality. Mohamed is taking his Daniels Scholarship to the University of Colorado at Boulder where he will be studying chemical engineering while also taking pre-med classes
Volunteer Profile Todd Barto “A sponsorship to FIRST is not just enabling a group of students to build a robot; it is an endorsement of the future for these brilliant and enthusiastic young minds… who knows what these kids may give back to your company, or the world when their future becomes the present and their ingenuity of today becomes tomorrow's next breakthrough.” Todd Barto was a systems engineer with Lockheed Martin Space Systems and has been a volunteer with FIRST since 2003 as Master of Ceremonies at both FRC and FLL tournaments: “While doing somersaults with a horned Viking helmet on isn’t as easy as it may seem, my job as a Master of Ceremonies can be easy because of the sheer volume (both quantity and decibel level) of excitement that each person brings to FIRST. At FLL I really enjoy bringing a “sports-center” feel to the competition rounds by doing play-by-play, then interviewing the teams after their round completes. It is a great way to keep everyone engaged, and it really makes the kids feel like the superstars that they are. At FRC, I lead cheers, clap, stomp, dance, sing songs, and even do somersaults. One of my favorite parts of FRC is finding a recent science article and turning it into a brief opening ceremony piece where I get to highlight the importance of the sciences. I try to inspire the young adults about the future that lies ahead of them with the foundation they are creating for themselves by being a part of the FIRST family.”
Colorado Region Media Coverage
Saturday, March 28, 2010
Students get a kick and more from robot competition in Denver By Annette Espinoza Robots kicked, punted and scored on an indoor soccer field Friday as part of the seventh annual FIRST Robotics regional competition held at the University of Denver's Magness Arena. The robots, designed by teams of high school students from Colorado and six other states, were to demonstrate several techniques to the judges. This year's theme is "Breakaway." "Our robot was designed with eight wheels, a kicking mechanism and can throw balls while driving over bumps," said Mishell Diaz, 17, team captain of Denver's Montbello High School. She hopes to become an architectural engineer. Forty-two regional teams, made up of students and their engineering and technical mentors, proudly showed off their creations all designed within six weeks using mind fuel: science, mathematics and technology. "We show them (the students) applications and how it connects to theory," said Richard Gale, a professor at Texas Tech University's Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. Gale mentored the Llano Estacado RoboRaiders, which had won a FIRST Robotics subregional competition in Dallas. "The problem is we don't graduate enough engineers, and this is a way to popularize engineering and help students understand how engineering improves the quality of life and living," Gale said. FIRST Robotics was founded 19 years ago by Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway human transporter and IBOT mobility system. Kamen wanted to inspire in students and communities an appreciation of science and technology. Indeed, FIRST is an acronym for "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology." This year, students are competing in 18 regional competitions in the United States. Around the world, teams are representing Australia, Chile, Germany, Bosnia, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, Turkey and other countries. In 2001, ColoradoFIRST was founded as a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization. Funding came from a variety of sponsors, including Ball Corp., Lockheed Martin, IHS Inc., Encana Corp., Daniels Fund, El Pomar Foundation, IEEE, University of Denver, Colorado School of Mines, Technetronic Solutions and Venoco Inc. "It's pretty easy to get the funds," said Dawn Lutz, a local volunteer and FIRST Robotics event chairperson. "The hard part is getting them to apply." Students get an opportunity to apply for more than $12 million in college scholarships. "This is really helping me decide on a career and to figure out just what I'll need to do to accomplish that," said Jace Fox, a 17year-old junior at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs. She wants to study electrical engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. Whenever robots scored points Friday, cheers and screams echoed inside Magness Arena. "This is very worthwhile when you see what you've done," said 16-year-old Kristyn Johnson, of Lubbock, Texas. The Denver event, which is open to the public, ends today.
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