UNH Robotics Club


	Links Overview Details & Sign-up Contact Founding Partners: FIRST FLL The NHCSW		UNH Girls Connect Presented by the UNH Robotics Club In partnership with the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The UNH Mechanical Engineering Department Society of Women Engineers and Tau Beta Pi With generous support from The Alcoa Foundation The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Diversity Action Grant Program The Massachusetts Collaborative Project, MAGiC Mini-Grant Program The UNH Parent's Association Verizon Do you know some girls 8-14 year-old girls who would benefit from FIRST LEGO League? Girls Connect is a one-day workshop that introduces girls to LEGO Mindstorms in preparation for FIRST LEGO League. During the one-day event, girls will work with a team and learn how to build and program a LEGO robot and compete in a friendly competition at the end of the day. New Hampshire Girls Connect, founded in 2003, has already served over 300 girls in the state of New Hampshire and helped start and fund 16 all-girl FIRST LEGO League Teams! In New Hampshire, 19.2% of 2002 FLL participants were girls and, in 2003, just 5 months after the first Girls Connect workshop the percentage of girls increased dramatically to 30.3%. Introduce more girls to FIRST LEGO League, attend the 2006 UNH Girls Connect Workshop!