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Chairman's Awardанаteam 3211 Chairman's Award ­ Team 3211 Print Close 2016 ­ Team 3211 Team Number 3211 Team Name, Corporate/University Sponsors NRCN / Perrigo / The Yeruham Miami partnership / The Jewish federations of north america / Rashi foundation / Ministry of science / Ministry for the Development of the Negev and Galilee / Automation Yeruham / OPC / Perion / Cimatron / Gazit­Globe / Brand industries / The Yeruham Municipality / Matnas Yeruham / Rotem Industries Ltd. / Ben Gurion University department of mechanical engineering / The Jusidman Center for Science Oriented Youth in Ben­ Gurion University & The Yeurham science center & Ort Sapir Yeruham & Belevav Shalem & Kama & IAF Technological College, Be'er Sheva Briefly describe the impact of the FIRST program on team participants with special emphasis on the 2015/2016 year and the preceding two to five years The team changes the lives of team members, it improves their leadership skills, and self­confidence. Team members become proud of their place: from being the "poor Yeruham kids" from the middle of nowhere ­ to being proud Yeruham ambassadors ­ loving the town and taking responsibilities over their community. Team members graduate from the team with a feeling of capability, knowing they can achieve any goal they wish. Describe the impact of the FIRST program on your community with special emphasis on the 2015/2016 year and the preceding two to five years Yeruham, a low socioeconomic peripheral town was known to be a in the middle of the no­where in desert ­this started to change with the opening of The Y Team. 6 years later, Yeruham is known all over Israel as a Robotics Empire. The team made Yeruham famous with its worldwide achievements in science and technology. Changing the reputation of Yeruham to an education beacon in STEM. Furthermore, the team is now working with the Bedouin Arab tribe near Yeruham and bringing the robotic word to them. Team's innovative or creative method to spread the FIRST message The Y team is a beacon for visits in Yeruham, with over 300 a year, most of whom are parliament members and ministers, 2 presidents, CEO's, mayors and groups with interest in STEM who come to learn about the team. During the last 5 years the estimation is over 30K visitors. The team gave a talk at TEDx, sharing their magic recipe for robotics education. The team has wide coverage in the Israeli media and worldwide ­ with original mediums such as at the International Bible contest on national TV. Describe examples of how your team members act as role models and inspire other FIRST team members to emulate After seeing FTC at the world championship, the team wanted to import it to Israel, realizing it can help struggling communities join the thrill of STEM. The team piloted the 1st Israeli FTC team winning a district event in Illinois, proving FTC can work in Israel leading to opening 16 teams this year! The team's BIMBA, a unique vehicle for disabled kids started in 2013.Today,over 78 units are spread in Israel, inspiring numerous teams to start technological innovative projects for the community Describe the team's initiatives to help start or form other FRC teams Many underprivileged populations such as girls and Arabs miss the opportunity to join the STEM world.We are here to provide them just that.The team,against all paradigms has founded2all girls teams:Ladies FIRST#4319and Athena#5747,mentoring them and making sure they have a positive experience. The team is also the managing coordinator for all 11Negev region FRCteams of them 8rookie teams,each team has a Y member assigned as their official contact for everything they need­visiting them every week Describe the team's initiatives to help start or form other FIRST teams (including Jr.FLL, FLL, & FTC) The team founded the "16YEARS ROBOTICS PROGRAM" of Yeruham,and now40%of Yeruham kids experience and learn robotics starting at the age of 4and up to20in over 79 teams.In 2013,the program was adopted to be the leading educational program for robotic studies by the Israeli parliament and now runs in dozens of municipalities across the country. One example is the Arava region:an isolated region in Israeli desert where the team founded and mentored a robotics program, with over 12teams and growing. Describe the team's initiatives on assisting other FIRST teams (including Jr.FLL, FLL, FTC, & FRC) with progressing through the FIRST program The team is known throughout Israel for assisting anyone in need.The team has been running the quick­build at the kickoff for 4 years, helping rookies get a smooth start. Locally, the team founded and mentors all 79 robotics teams. The team runs annual FLL,Jr.FLL and ROBOSTAR competitions for the last 5 years. The team also runs the annual "OPEN ROBOTICS ACADEMY" at BGU, teaching over 100 FLL & Jr.FLL mentors, and gives FRC lectures, aimed at providing the best tools to run successful teams. Describe how your team works with other FIRST teams to serve as mentors to younger or less experienced FIRST teams (includes Jr.FLL, FLL, FTC, & FRC teams) The team's mentoring method works in a youth movement form,encouraging MENTORISEM©in all teams.Students from the FRC mentor FTC teams who mentor FLL teams who mentor Jr.FLL teams.This comes to a whole self­ mentoring system of all79robotics teams.The team not only mentors the technical aspect,but encourages the young teams to be involved in the community and to shape it as much as it has influenced them.A key to a good team is a good mentor,and there is no better mentor than an experienced one Describe your Corporate/University Sponsors Technical sponsors include the NNRC's engineers who volunteer in the team year round, Yeruham Automation who provide fabrication and design tips when needed and CIMATRON who provide CAD software. Financial sponsors include the Rashi Found., Government ministries, the Miami Found, OPC and more Team suppliers include Brand industries and Truper. The BGU Mechanical Engineering Faculty works with the team and helps to arrange and run seminars the team wishes to provide for the FIRST community. Describe the strength of your partnership with your sponsors with special emphasis on the 2015/2016 year and the preceding two to five years Sponsorship is a relationship, they help the team and the team assists them. NRCN volunteers won the "volunteer of the year" award for their work with the team, and the Y mentors lectured at their annual awards ceremony. Seeing the team's use of Yeruham Automation donated parts made other FRC teams purchase numerous items from them, increasing revenue. Sponsors attend multiple team events during the year where they witness how their involvement is helping team members. Describe how your team would explain what FIRST is to someone who has never heard of it First is a groundbreaking program that promotes the innovative idea of combining technology, sports and tons of fun. It's FIRST that makes intelligent and complex robots look like child's play. It's FIRST that pushes students to new limits, working and learning day and night. It's First to achieve the one vision every teacher dreams of: students learning STEM with fire in the eyes. Briefly describe other matters of interest to the FIRST judges, if any The Y team alone can't change the world, in fact no one can, but the team will try to change one person's life at a time. We feel that to make the team's work revolutionary it needs the kind of exposure that comes with international recognition and helps reaching other teams. We take role models from certain teams, and aspire to be a role model ourselves. Winning the Chairman's Award will help the team promote its values, but have no doubt­we will never stop working for the values we believe in Team Captain/Student Representative that has double­checked this submission. Nir Hemo Essay We are The Y Team#3211 from Yeruham,Israel.Our goal is to prove that everyone who wants,can join the STEM world. The team is built from all high schools in Yeruham,religious and secular.Yeruham is ranked 4out of10,at the bottom of the socioeconomic ranking in Israel,with over30%of families treated by welfare and an unemployment rate of14%. The team consists of 25team members,and is accepting anyone who wishes to join it.This unique approach helps the team recruit students who would otherwise never take part in STEM. Expanding STEM­ED in Yeruham&Israel:"THE16YEARS ROBOTICS PROGRAM" The team founded the 16YEARS ROBOTICS PROGRAM,in which kids start learning robotics at the age of 4:studying,building and competing in robotics competitions all the way up to high school.Yeruham has 79robotics teams in this program,who compete in Jr.FLL,ROBOSTAR,FLL,FTC and FRC.The program works as a youth movement; older teams mentor younger teams.An enormous total of42%of the kids in Yeruham are members of a team,which is over40%the Israeli average!At 2015,"robotics" afterschool activities had a higher registration rate than soccer and theater groups combined! In 2013 the team presented the program to the Israeli parliament,where former minister of science,Mr.Peri said "Our plan is to take the successful Yeruham model and copy it to other locations".Since then dozens of municipalities visited the team and learned how to start the program,and it was successfully implanted in over 15 of them. The biggest struggle of STEM Education in Israel is the lack of experienced mentors. That is why the team founded the "Robotics Open Academy".The team cooperates with BGU,teaching hundreds of robotics mentors in a 3 day course.The key to a good team is a good mentor,and there is no better mentor than a professional and enthusiastic one.The seminar is now an annual event,and provides courses for FRC, FLL,Jr.FLL and ROBOSTAR team leaders and mentors.During the last 2 years,over 200 people became successful mentors thanks to that event.
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