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Underwater Robotics Club Opportunity!MATE, Marine Advanced Technology Education, is a non-profit educational organization located on the campus of Monterey Peninsula Community College (MPC). MATE sponsors the annual ROV underwater robotics competition. (ROV stands for Remote-Operated Vehicle–an underwater robot!) Since the first ROV competition in 2002, it has grown to 18 regional competitions across the U.S. as well as Canada, with more under development. This year’s Monterey Regional ROV Competition will be held on Saturday April 24, 2010 at MPC. Learn more about the ROV comptetitions at www.marinetech.org/rov_competition, including a list of regional competitions and information about next April’s Monterey regional competition. MATE has just received a 3-year, multi-million dollar grant to extend their educational efforts into middle school and possibly upper elementary. (They define “middle school” as grades 5–8.) And they are looking for teachers who want to get on board! The grant is to train, equip and support teachers to start underwater robotics clubs at their schools and coach their students to build ROVs to enter into the annual regional competition. PVUSD GATE Services and Extended Learning are working with MATE to recruit PVUSD teachers to take advantage of this great opportunity, and to start ROV clubs at our middle or elementary schools. If you are interested in starting an ROV Club at your school, please contact one of these MATE or PVUSD contacts:
ROV Club Leader’s Training: Saturday November 14, 2009 at Monterey Peninsula College!Contact Jill Zande to sign-up! PVUSD flyer announcing the call for teachers to start ROV clubsMATE flyer announcing workshops and ROV-building opportunities for teachers, students and ROV clubs (also available at the MATE website)More About MATE“The MATE Center’s mission is to help prepare America’s future workforce for ocean-related occupations. The MATE Center utilizes information from employers to improve and develop educational programs with a focus on marine technology. The Center focuses on community college education and the creation of strong links between community colleges and high schools, technical schools, 4 year institutions, research institutions, and industry, government, military, and labor organizations.” (from their website)
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