GEMS Program Meeting

By Fernando, Sol, Ren, and Anuhya

Task: Explore 3D Desgin with the GEMS Afterschool Program

Today we held our first meeting with the GEMS after school program. The GEMS organization is a non-profit, founded in 2010. They are committed to introducing middle school girls to the world of STEM. Focusing on key aspects like Science and Technology, they hope to make STEM opportunities more accessible to minorities.

We did a brief presentation of who we are and how robotics has helped us improve our skills in documentation, engineering, and computer science. We then used the program TinkerCAD to introduce a key aspect in robotics, 3D designing. We showed them the basic concepts and allowed them to explore the platform. We utilized this time to show how 3D Designing is a key aspect in robotics and explain how it will be used in a future meeting to print 3D keychains.

This meeting allowed us to work with the girls and show how robotics combines many ideas and skills. We hope to have many meetings in the future and introduce them to the world of STEM.