They call it stage presence: the ability to be yourself and make a connection with people—even a crowd of people—and seem comfortable the entire time. And a great presenter’s talent for conveying your points clearly and powerfully is useful everywhere, not just in politics or on the stage. Luckily, you don’t have to be born…
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Race Car Design Challenge
When engineers design something new, they need to consider how forces like gravity and friction will affect their design. Race car designers add or create special features, parts of something, that help their car to go fast. Engineers create these features to make their products more useful. Design, build, and test your own race car…
Research and Development
When you earn your Financial Literacy badge called On My Own, you make a plan for your future. One way that businesses plan for the future is through R&D — Research and Development. They spend time and money researching new ideas. They also budget for development — taking those new ideas, refining them, and bringing…
Robotics 1: Programming Robots
Robots are simple machines that are programmed to run automatically. Programmers are the engineers that create step-by-step instructions, or algorithms, that tell robots how to understand and respond to their environment. Start by engineering a simple algorithms, then learn about programming on paper, before you program a “robot” Brownie friend on a device. Create a…
Robotics 1: Programming Robots
Robots are simple machines programmed to run automatically. Programmers are the engineers that create step-by-step instructions, or algorithms, that tell robots how to understand and respond to their environment. Start by engineering a machine that helps a robot to land then learn about the robot brain. After, create programs to instruct your friends before coding…