File #: 12-0757    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Presentation
File created: 6/12/2012 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 6/19/2012 Final action: 6/19/2012
Title: Supervisor Sweeney recommending the Board receive a presentation on the 4-H Youth Robotics Program. (Est. Time: 45 Min.)
Attachments: 1. A - Robotics project presentation final (2).pdf, 2. B - Program Update.pdf
Title
Supervisor Sweeney recommending the Board receive a presentation on the 4-H Youth Robotics Program. (Est. Time: 45 Min.)
Body
Nathan Somavarapu, 4-H Member and El Dorado County Youth Commissioner initiated a countywide robotics program in 2011, through 4-H that is a part of STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Math) an educational awareness.  The team is called "Team Nova" and is comprised of eight high school students from El Dorado Hills and Folsom.  Intel is involved by providing adult mentors that help support this program.
Supervisor Sweeney has seen the robots at a 4-H function and wanted to share this amazing program with the Board of Supervisors along with our community.