As part of our commitment to inspire young women about STEM we visited a Girl Guides group. We spoke to them about FIRST, our team and how they can get involved with FLL. The girls were very responsive to our presentation and we hope to see them in the future as members of the FIRST organization.Alison and Julia

Our first week of build season was very successful. After our brainstorming and prototyping all week, we have made our final decisions on the design of our 2012 robot. Our build sub-teams have been working very hard to produce prototypes, reusing parts from our old robots as well as 2x4’s. We also constructed a driving kit-bot, while updating all necessary software. Our awards sub-team has made a

St. Mildred's Women Advancing Technology FIRST team 771 graciously invited our team to join them for kickoff at their school. Our teams watched the broadcast together and then separated to begin brainstorming, strategizing and drafting potential designs. As a team we also read through the manual and broke into focus groups to examine the pros and cons of possible strategies. This was a great start

The Tronic Titans had a great time at the second annual Halton Regional FLL Tournament. The tournament was a great success despite when the fire alarm unexpectedly went off. Throughout this time the children’s spirits stayed high seen through their dancing, cheering and conga lines regardless of the cold weather. Fantastic performances were seen from all teams that attended but after all was said

The Tronic Titans have been very busy over the past few months volunteering within our school community. On Thursday September 16th we gave a presentation at our school’s curriculum night where we were given the chance to introduce parents and students to our robot and to FIRST. We also held a robotics demonstration on Parent Teacher Interview Night, where parents come to the school to discuss their

On August 31st, the Tronic Titans made a presentation introducing the new grade 9 students at our school to FIRST. We hope to have sparked some interest among the new students by telling them about our team and the great experiences that we have had as Tronic Titans. We look forward to seeing many new faces at our first official meeting of the school year tomorrow, Monday September 12th. Alison

On July 15th, the Tronic Titans, along with The Red Devils (FRC Team 1334) and The Sentinels (FLL team 3663) attended Midnight Madness. Midnight Madness is an event that takes place annually in downtown Oakville, where over 50,000 people walk along the streets (closed to traffic) which are filled with live entertainment, great sales at many stores, and demonstrations from various clubs and organizations.

On July 7th, the Tronic Titans and the Red Devils (Team 1334) were asked to appear on a new children’s television show called “Giver”. Giver focuses on groups of children ages 6-9 working with their communities to revitalize their neighbourhood park centering on a theme of their choice. The Tronic Titans brought this year’s robot, Eos with us to spread the word of FIRST to children building

Over the past two weeks, the Tronic Titans have made presentations at two elementary schools in our area; Our Lady of Peace and St. Michaels. During these presentations, we introduced the students and teachers to FIRST, and the programs that they can become involved with. We introduced the schools to FLL, informing the students and teachers about what was done in past years, and how the program benefits

On June 2, the Tronic Titans went to our schools carnival event for the community called "Titanfest". This event is a community barbecue, complete with games, raffles, sumo suits and bouncy castles. Our team sold cupcakes and raffled off a large cake that was decorated to look like a massive cupcake. We also took this great opportunity to talk to members of our community about FIRST, and the Tronic