GEMS

Buttons, GA | Robo Billards
Can someone that does sciene olympiad robo billiards help me figure out the best way to put the balls in the holes for the maximum score?

Danny, 10, NY | Robo Billards?
How can we find out more about Robo Billiards? How do we get involved?

DragonflyTV | Robo Billards...reply
Here a link to a Robo Billards site

Marc, 17, MN | Cool Page
ha, while searching the internet to see how the competition is doing on robot rambler I stumbled across this page. It's great to see kids of all ages into building robots. Keep up the good work. (and I'm curently working on a robot for robot rambler and slowly working on a combat robot for the next twin cities mechwars)

James, 13, WA| Robot Ramble
There's another robot competition. One of the National Science Olympiad events is called "Robot Ramble". You create a robot to pick up objects and put them in a bin. It's for high schoolers though, but a new middle school event for 2003 is called "Robo Billiards" where you have to put billiard balls into certain pockets in a certain amount of time. It's fun.

Cooldude, 13, FL| Robot parts
whare do you get the parts for the robots????????

Christopher, 9, IL | Mindstorms Response
Rachel, We bought our Mindstorms at Noodle Kidoodle which is now Zany Brainy.

Rachel, 13, IL | Mindstorms
The legos are called Lego Mindstorms. I don't know of anywhere else you can purchase them from. Does anyone know a store you can purchase them from in Illinios?

Maribel, 30, OH | More GEMS in Ohio
My 12 year old daughter and my 10 year old son would like to join a lego robotic turnament group. We saw the GEMS show and enjoyed it very much. Is there a group already in Columbus, Ohio? How do I start a group?

DragonflyTV | More GEMS in Ohio response
Look farther down this page to get tips on starting your own lego tournament. Good Luck!

Talia, 13, PA | More GEMS
I saw the GEMS segment on TV last week. Totally cool! My school has a lego program as part of the science curriculum for the sixth-graders(I did it last year, and built & programmed a scanner. Really hard. :) GEMS sounds like it rocks! Too bad there isn't a chapter in my area.

Annice, 11, MN | Hi from a GEMS girl!
I was on that segment of dragonfly. I really enjoy being in GEMS. I am glad you guys are intersted in robotics. It is really fun. I am in 6th grade now ( i was in 4th on the show). I hope u guys enjoy/enjoyed the GEMS segment and the others because they are neat too!

DragonflyTV | Start your own GEMS group
The GEMS group you see featured in DragonflyTV is a group specific to Minneapolis Schools. GEMS is also the name of a curricular program out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, encouraging girls to pursue science, engineering and math. Read about them. You can also start your own GEMS chapter. Here's a tip from Brad Blue, of Minneapolis Public Schools, on how to proceed. Brad writes: "Start with a core of (8-10) girls and identify possible funders. PR is critical - you will find advocates in the school,. community, district, and state. Sow top seed. And have fun. First LEGO League is a great place to start. You can contact pitsco.com for teacher training." Read more about Brad's GEMS group at the Washington Post Web site.

Finally, another good resource for science and technology education, particularly in robotics, can be found at For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Web site.

Jesse, 12, BC | Robot Competition in Vancouver
I want to know if there mite be a club near Vancouver that I could join!

DragonflyTV | Robot Competition in Vancouver response
I don't know if there is a GEMS group specifically, but check into the Vancouver Lego Club Web site.

Andre, 8, MI | Robot Competition in Michigan
My mom and I watched the GEMS program this morning. Great & Fun Information!! I would like to know if there is a Robot Club like the GEMS for Boys in the Michigan area?

DragonflyTV | Robot Competition in Michigan response
For Michigan, you might try the following FIRST Web site. It's a Lego League competition for boys and girls.

Jodi, OR | Robot Competition
I saw a program where kids belonged to a robot club, where they built robots and competed against other kids. Is there an organization? How do I find out about more info.? I would like to sign up.

DragonflyTV Staff | Robot Competition response
You are probably talking about the GEMS program. You or your teacher can go to NCSA GEMS Web site
In your state.

Charlotte, 9, Florida | join GEMS
I live in St. Petersburg, Florida. How can I be a GEMS girl?

Jan, 11, Delaware | Join GEMS response
Your teacher probably knows. It looks like you have to have the contest at your school.

Sable, 8, IL | Join GEMS response
Is there a GEMS in Illinois? If so,then where.

Jijia, IL | Join GEMS response
I want to know, what computer software was used to programm the robot in the experiment and where can I purchase this software from? also where do I find out about other contests like the one the girls doing the experiment were involved in . I thought all this information would be posted on the Web site, but I see many others have the same questions such as myself.

DragonflyTV Staff | Join GEMS response
Paste the following URL into your browser to find out more about the GEMS program. Go to NCSA Web site. Let DragonflyTV know if you start your own GEMS team!

Bruce, 10, New York | Robots
Can the robot do other things? Maybe it can bring me my phone when it rings? I want to make a robot!

Rita, 11, Indiana | Robots response
Me too. I can’t find the right kind of lego kit at the store. Does anybody know where to get the kind of parts for doing computer programs with Legos?

Rob, 9, PA | Robots response
I saw a show on January 20 where a group of girls were building robots. Do you know where the kits or parts can be obtained?

Leah, 43, MN | Robots response
TO: Rita in Indiana, Go to the Lego Web site and you will see all the Lego robots and software. I think Best Buy sells the software in the stores, too.

Tanner, 9, MI | Robots response
Lego robots? Try looking for them at Wal-Mart!

Caleb, WI | Robots response
If you want to know where to find lego parts for making a robot, you can go to lego Web site/. They have a lot of good stuff there you can buy. But you might want to check with your parents first.

Willow, 12, TX | Computers
I like to use computers.

Justin, 10, NC | Science Systems
We are studying systems in science. I would like more information on science systems.

Dave, 15, WA | RC Vehicles
Anyone know how to build a remote control and vechile from sratch? Trouble with circuits and transmitters.

Logan, 9, MO | Making robots
How do you make them?