All Camas School District students receive Robotics instruction starting in second grade. The two-week unit utilizes WeDo Legos and is led by our Robotics teacher on special assignment (TOSA) and second grade teaching staff. In fifth grade, all students participate in two-week unit using EV3 Lego robots. Both units employ building (engineering) and coding (computer science) instruction and tasks.
During the spring, elementary school students who are extremely interested in Robotics and can participate in a six-week afterschool program at their home school. The program prepares each team for “Hayes Days,” a competition and celebration of learning between all six elementary schools. Due to the popularity of this program, in recent years participation has been determined by lottery.
Lacamas also provides all students opportunities with Coding through Hour of Code. Coding fosters creativity and teaches students critical thinking skills to become proactive learners, so elementary school is the ideal time for students to be introduced to Robotics and Computer Coding!
