Nemesis Partners With Unified to Spread STEM

This past week Nemesis had an incredible experience hosting our first Unified Robotics event at our town’s local middle school. We began with a brief introduction of our team, the FIRST community, and the robotics opportunities open to the students as they enter high school. 

After pairing small groups of students with a Nemesis team member, the challenge began. The friendly competition we presented was a paper tower building competition, each group was given as much paper and tape necessary to build the tallest tower in forty-five minutes. Each group spent a few minutes planning out ideas for their structure’s bases before getting to action on building. With each group taking on a different architectural strategy, creativity was exemplified by every participant. 

Many laughs were shared throughout the trial and errors, and at the end of the building time every group had a paper structure that independently stood on its own! Each tower was individualized to showcase the crafter’s vibrant personalities: some groups finished their towers with hand-made flags! Ultimately, both Nemesis volunteers and attending students expanded their horizons through expressing their visions in an engaging hands-on activity. It was a blast to work with such a brilliant group of students and introduce them to the excitement that robotics holds.