Here I am, about to bring Cubbie bear (a puppet) out of his house, as part of our nightly skit. We have about fifteen 3-4 year olds in our class each week. It is a delight to be teaching with my sweetheart.
The Bible tells me so ...
Sunday, March 31st, 2002
This month, Kathy and I accepted the responsibility
to lead the Cubbies
in our local AWANA
Bible club.
Here I am, about to bring Cubbie bear (a puppet) out of his house, as part of our nightly skit. We have about fifteen 3-4 year olds in our class each week. It is a delight to be teaching with my sweetheart.
Here I am, about to bring Cubbie bear (a puppet) out of his house, as part of our nightly skit. We have about fifteen 3-4 year olds in our class each week. It is a delight to be teaching with my sweetheart.
Tobor Lives!
Saturday, March 9th, 2002
Tobor Lives!
Here is our finished robot, TOBOR - designed and built in only 6 weeks.
We had a very precise chart with milestones including a planned miracle at week 5. Fortunately, the miracle did occur! Most of the construction happened in the last week. Now, the kids will build a crate and prepare to ship the robot off to the competition.
I am really inspired by what Dean Kamen has done with U.S. FIRST. Other than reading about Dean, my only contact with him was during a satellite telecast which I took my team to at NASA/JPL. Dean and his associate, Woody Flowers were at the other end, telling us about this year's challenge and exhorting us to Gracious Professionalism.
It has been a lot of fun to be involved. It has also been a great challenge dealing with the varying levels of maturity common to those in High School. I am thinking of starting a local FIRST Jr. Robotics League team for homeschoolers in our area. Between the homeschoolers and the local elementary & middle schools we might be able to get 5 -8 teams going. I think that would be a lot of fun.
PS. I have not [yet] had the opportunity to meet Dean in person (or to ride the Human transporter) although some of the teams this year have been lucky enough to do both!
Here is our finished robot, TOBOR - designed and built in only 6 weeks.
We had a very precise chart with milestones including a planned miracle at week 5. Fortunately, the miracle did occur! Most of the construction happened in the last week. Now, the kids will build a crate and prepare to ship the robot off to the competition.
I am really inspired by what Dean Kamen has done with U.S. FIRST. Other than reading about Dean, my only contact with him was during a satellite telecast which I took my team to at NASA/JPL. Dean and his associate, Woody Flowers were at the other end, telling us about this year's challenge and exhorting us to Gracious Professionalism.
It has been a lot of fun to be involved. It has also been a great challenge dealing with the varying levels of maturity common to those in High School. I am thinking of starting a local FIRST Jr. Robotics League team for homeschoolers in our area. Between the homeschoolers and the local elementary & middle schools we might be able to get 5 -8 teams going. I think that would be a lot of fun.
PS. I have not [yet] had the opportunity to meet Dean in person (or to ride the Human transporter) although some of the teams this year have been lucky enough to do both!
