4-H LEARNING EXPERIENCES
Maryland State Fair Robotics Competition
Meet the Team: Phil Malone
Through field experiences, robotics challenges, industry guidance and service projects, 4-H participants will use the S3AM initiative to understand how aquaculture and technology can work together.
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4-H Summer Camp
Maryland 4-H members will have the opportunity to dig deeper into sustainability issues and their ripple effects through a summer camp exploring oyster production in the Chesapeake Bay. The program will host 50-75 participants, who will explore the aquaculture industry holistically: talking with panels of experts and industry partners, learning about current knowledge in the field, attending breakout sessions, exploring career opportunities, taking field trips to explore aquaculture on the ground, and becoming activists for a cause.
Following an intensive forum, participants will be asked to return to their communities to share the information they learned and champion change through action plans.
4-H Robotics Challenge and Competition
As part of Maryland State 4-H Robotics Challenge, the 2021 Robotics Challenge will focus on a shellfish production theme. Teams will build a robot to complete missions on the playing field that simulate activities associated with shellfish production. Teams competing in the LEGO division of the challenge will be required to do a service project related to the theme of this challenge.
In addition, a 4-H robotic team competition will be developed to explore robot-assisted shellfish farming. Participants will team up to build a S3AM drone that can perform a series of tasks, assisted by County 4-H Extension educators, in order to compete in a statewide competition. The physical competition will also be developed as a virtual game, allowing participants across the world to try their hand at building a shellfish-farming robot.
