The Team America Rocketry Challenge National Finals 2016
Two teams from the Presidio High School Rocketry and Robotics team successfully qualified for the national Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC). Teams Light-year and Blue Nova competed against each other and 98 other teams from across the country at the TARC Final Fly-Off on May 14 in Virginia.
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We are doing our Outreach!
Presidio Rocketry and Robotics is currently doing its Rocketry Outreach! We hope to attend a school near you!
Dates and Location where we will be visiting:
Presidio Elementary School - February 12th, 2016
Terlingua High School - February 23rd, 2016
Marathon High School - Pending
Dates and Location where we will be visiting:
Presidio Elementary School - February 12th, 2016
Terlingua High School - February 23rd, 2016
Marathon High School - Pending
ANNOUNCEMENT: Weekly Meetings
Meetings for both Rocketry and Robotics have been set. Mondays and Tuesdays from 5:00PM-6:00PM are set for Rocketry. Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5:00PM-6:00PM have been set for Robotics. Location: Room F3: PHS Campus.
TARC 2015 National FinalsOne of the Rocketry teams of Presidio Rocketry & Robotics participated in the 13th annual Team America Rocketry Challenge National Fly-offs in The Plains, VA. Our team was one of the best 100 teams in the nation out of 786 in total. They were unable to win that championship; however, they represented the community and the program of Presidio Rocketry and Robotics very well.
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Skills You Will Need to Participate in Robotics & Rocketry
Skill OneTime Management
Your goal is to help yourself become aware of how you use your time as one resource in organizing, prioritizing, and succeeding in your studies in the context of competing activities of friends, work, family, etc. |
Skill TwoOrganization.
Your goal is to be organized in order to be stress-free when it comes to the search of very complex and small equipment and robotic parts. Being organized will decrease the amount of time you will work in a project. |
Skill ThreePatience
In the majority of cases, constructing a robot or a rocket may be long process. Approximately, it will take you 2 months to build a rocket and 2 months to build and program a robot. |