Session

Pre-Conference Poster Session I

Location

Utah State University, Logan, UT

Abstract

In 2014 efforts on teaching robotics for children at public elementary school started in the city of Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo (Brasil). With this initiative, students of some elementary school were presented to technology and science and this work shows some of the results in two of these schools.

This work aims to show the positive impacts of involving children and teenagers in topics involving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and having as a background the applicability of their projects in space projects.

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Aug 1st, 12:00 AM

Introduction of Space Projects in Public Elementary School at Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil

Utah State University, Logan, UT

In 2014 efforts on teaching robotics for children at public elementary school started in the city of Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo (Brasil). With this initiative, students of some elementary school were presented to technology and science and this work shows some of the results in two of these schools.

This work aims to show the positive impacts of involving children and teenagers in topics involving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and having as a background the applicability of their projects in space projects.