NASA Artemis ROADS

Yancey Robotics 2023-2024

Welcome to Yancey County Robotics.  The following robotics programs will be offered this year.  Meetings will be held at Quilt-N-Code behind McDonalds.  Registration costs are $25 per child per program and include supplied needed for the program. Additional costs could include transportation and food for competitions, hotel rooms, and other unforeseen costs. We will do fundraising to help the team if necessary and we do everything we can to make Legos affordable for everyone!  We are a non-profit and donations and sponsorships are greatly appreciated. 

Important:   We have never intended that this be a drop off program.  Please stay as often as you can and play with your children.  We understand that there are times when this is not possible and we would never stop a child from participating because of that, but we don’t get paid for any of these programs and can always use all the help we can get!

Artemis ROADS by NASA: For ages 8 and up.  Teams of 2-6 will complete missions formed by NASA revolving around moon activities.  Besides learning about the moon, teams will create a moon base and use robotics and drones in several missions. Teams can choose their meeting times. NASA Artemis ROADS program (Rover Observation And Drone Survey) is a framework that lets students explore STEM concepts through hands-on activities. ROADS takes inspiration from real NASA projects and guides students on a space-related mission. Teams will meet from January to May.

Students will…

• Create mission documentation
• Observe the changing Moon as viewed from Earth
• Investigate Artemis’s destination – the south pole of the Moon
• Model the system of living objects in a closed spacecraft and design a plant experiment
• Reflect on the types of items that help astronauts stay connected to home in space
• Use the engineering design process to develop a wheel for a lunar rover
• Operate a drone to simulate the Artemis trajectory
• Robotics & programming — design and test a robot that can drive on the challenging lunar surface

Program Dats: Jan – May

Program Cost: $30/student