Team 1547 - Where's Waldo?

Congratulations goes out to our MVMs this year, Madi, Dolly and Lauren!!! Thank you for all that you've done this year!

At our annual end of year barbecue and look what our mentor Randy made us!! https://t.co/IjpdGoCcIQ

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An official LEGO set for FIRST STRONGHOLD? SQUEEE!!!! | FIRST Wait, let me see if I can express my feelings in a more mature, professional way… No, after additional careful consideration, I’m pretty sure I nailed it the first time. In fact, I’m doubling down. SQUEEEEEE!!!! This isn't real yet, but it could be. LEGO has a process by which anyone can develop a...

You know FIRST is awesome when even volunteering at Champs is a blast! https://t.co/PXFT1rvL30

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Good luck to all teams competing @ the world championships! We'll be watching& cheering especially loud for our Canadian friends!

Dava Newman -- the first female scientist-engineer to be named Deputy Administrator of NASA -- says "I’m here to empower the next girl who steps in to her back yard, looks up into the nighttime sky and thinks -- ‘I want to explore the planets and heavens.’” As second in charge at the space agency, the MIT Astronautics Professor is eager to encourage girls' involvement in the sciences and hopes to see one in the commander's seat of the first crewed Mars mission scheduled for the 2030s. She observes that girls are often very enthusiastic about science while young but that there is a dramatic drop-off in their engagement once they reach middle and high school. Part of the problem, Newman believes, is how the conversation is framed in science education: "As an engineer (I believe) we’ve done our profession a disservice. Because I was told for sure you have to be the best in math, the best in calculus class, and the best in science. Well that’s not the message! These are tools and you have to be proficient but if you want to be an engineer you want to build and design rockets or spacesuits or spacecraft and fly things... I don’t want them to have any mental blocks because they don’t see themselves as an engineer or a scientist.”

To read more about this pioneering scientist and her vision for getting girls excited about science, visit http://nyti.ms/1rcRDDk

For ways to help foster your own Mighty Girl's love of science, check out our blog post, "Science at Play: Top Science, Math, & Programming Toys for Mighty Girls," at http://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10528

To learn about trailblazing women of science throughout history, we highly recommend the excellent book "Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science -- And The World," for ages 13 and up at http://www.amightygirl.com/headstrong-52-women

For a wonderful book about six remarkable women whose curiosity about nature fueled a passion to steadfastly overcome obstacles to careers in traditionally men-only occupations, we recommend "Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists" for ages 10 and up at http://www.amightygirl.com/girls-who-looked-under-rocks

And, to inspire Mighty Girl of all ages with stories starring girls who love science, visit our blog post, "Ignite Her Curiosity: 25 Books Starring Science-Loving Mighty Girls," at http://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10940

Huge congratulations to , and for the regional win at Waterloo! Some of the most exciting matches we've ever seen!!

Good luck to all teams participating in the Waterloo Regional starting tomorrow!!! Go break some more records of high score!!!

Happy Easter!!!!

If you missed The Rick Mercer Report or just want to re-watch it, the link is already up :) http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2685734194

Episode 18 Tonight Rick joins students on March break at the Ontario Science Centre for lively science-themed adventures and then he's off to Oshawa, ON. to join students building competitive robots.

One of the funny moments while Rick Mercer drove Waldo XII! Wish they showed him getting a red… https://t.co/6FRpYfjf7N

Where's Waldo? on Instagram: “One of the funny moments while Rick Mercer drove Waldo XII! Wish... “One of the funny moments while Rick Mercer drove Waldo XII! Wish they showed him getting a red car for going into the field to straighten out Waldo XII…”

T-minus 27 minutes until The Report!!! Learn more about Robotics!!!