Dean Kamen Issues 2009 Team Homework
Each year FIRST Founder Dean Kamen challenges teams to pursue a "homework" assignment in addition to building a competitive robot. Assignments focus on ways to support FIRST's mission of changing our culture so that science and mathmatics are celebrated.
All studies and data support the incredible impact and personal benefits gained by those involved in the FIRST program. Participants are inspired by and become passionate about technology and science while gaining real world engineering skills. Recognizing the need to make this experience available to all students and schools, Dean's speech at the 2007 Kick-Off identified the need for significantly greater growth at a faster rate than the current program can produce. To promote a future where every student who would like to can participate requires educating legislators and politicians about FIRST, its vision and its impact. Every team is asked to contact media outlets and invite them to a regional or championship competition. Invitations, who was contacted and their response will be published on the FIRST website.
Dean's Homework for 2009: FIRST has been around almost 20 years, and during the years, people have joined and left the FIRST organization. Dean wants every team to find everyone who has ever been involved with FIRST in order to create a FIRST database by FIRST's 20th anniversery.
Our Commitment to the Homework:
MARS Robotics is going to find everyone who has ever been a member or mentor on the team.
Basic Invitation Information & How to Contact Media Outlets:
