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Angleton ISD Joins Rockets and Robots Program

Angleton ISD Rockets and Robots

Angleton ISD’s High School Robotics Team participated in the Rockets and Robots program at the Brazoria County Historical Museum to celebrate the new Project Apollo exhibit, which opened on February 14th! Rockets and Robots explained the success of the Apollo program’s multiple missions to the moon, and featured modern-day technological successes as well, presented by the team. […]

North East ISD STEM Students Shine in Robotics

robotics students excited at the competition

At North East ISD, seeing students succeed is exciting. Watching them work together to help each other toward success is even better. Recently, students from Ed White Middle School’s Design and Technology Academy (DATA) and Nimitz Middle School’s Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) magnet programs competed in the Robstown Robotics Competition. During the competition, the […]

Ft Sam Houston ISD’s CyberPatriot Competition

Ft Sam Houston Snacking Solitaire team

Fort Sam Houston ISD’s team Snacking Solitaire competed in the CyberPatriot Semi-Final round and did an amazing job! This team carefully curated and poured so much passion into their project and it showed. Their hard work shined bright as they placed top 50% nationwide overall and top 9% in the Boeing challenge. CyberPatriot is the […]

Northside ISD Hosts Texas Solar Race Car Event

Students cheering on their designs during the race.

Northside ISD held the 27th annual Texas Solar Race Car Event for more than 1,200 students. First place trophies were awarded to the Los Reyes Elementary Fighting Falcons and the Hobby Middle School Elmo Warriors. Solar cars is a non-tuition based afterschool science program for fourth through sixth grade students. They are provided a solar […]

Judson ISD to Open Specialized P-TECH Campus

Student practices welding.

Within Judson ISD, the Innovation Department offers specialized, open-enrollment school models and programs across the district for students from elementary to high school. These unique models provide students with individualized opportunities for success, both inside and outside the classroom. The Innovation Department aims to serve the JISD community in three ways: by expanding the number […]

Huffman ISD Engineering Students Launch Rocket

Students working on their rocket.

Huffman ISD’s Hargrave High School senior level engineering students participated in their third annual large scale rocket launch with SystemsGo. SystemsGo is the most real world engineering experience the students have had in their engineering career this far, working with NASA engineers to prove that their rocket is safe to launch. The students had the […]

Alief ISD Students Participate in Ecobot Challenge

CASE for kids

Three Alief ISD campuses (Kennedy, Mahanay, and Miller) participated in the CASE for Kids Ecobot Challenge. The day was filled with working on STEM activities, Gimkit (answering various questions), and judging for their coding and costumes. The All-Earth Ecobot Challenge is an innovative engineering competition that engages fourth through eighth grade students in complex problem-solving, […]

North East ISD Hosts Robotics Challenge

North East ISD’s third annual VEX IQ Robotics Challenge was a smash hit! VEX IQ is a programmable, snap-together robotics system that incorporates the best of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). During the challenge, students designed, created and coded their own robots to compete in a game-based engineering challenge. More than 50 teams from […]

Fort Bend ISD Students Visit with Movie Science Consultant

ft bend isd movie consultant

Students in a class at Fort Bend ISD‘s Malala Elementary received a surprise presentation from NOPE movie science consultant and marine biologist Kelsi Rutledge. Malala student Mihika P. was so inspired after hearing Rutledge give an interview on NPR ‘s Science Friday show she sent her an email.Rutledge was touched by the message and contacted […]

What is the Value of Robotics Education?

value of robotics education

Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What is robotics education? Robotics in education refers the blending of STEAM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) to create machines […]

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