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STEM: TIDE Program
TIDE : Technology . Innovation . Design . Engineering
Westminster’s TIDE Program, which begins in the elementary, focuses on rigorous project-based curriculum in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to develop our students' ability to collaborate, think creatively, communicate effectively, and to work independently to solve problems.
PLTW Launch (Grades K-5)
Using the nationally-recognized Project Lead the Way (PLTW) curriculum, students in kindergarten through fifth grade have the opportunity to infuse project-based learning techniques in designing toys, solving real-world problems, building robots, and learning programming using Scratch, VEX Blocks, and ROBOTC languages. PLTW Launch taps into the exploratory nature of students, engages them in learning that feels like play, and encourages them to keep discovering. PLTW Launch’s 24 interdisciplinary modules bring learning to life. The program empowers students to adopt a design-thinking mindset through compelling activities, projects, and problems that build upon each other and relate to the world around them. As students engage in hands-on activities in computer science, engineering, and biomedical science, they become creative, and collaborative problem solvers.
PLTW Modules
Programming Patterns, Stability and Motion, Form and Function, Tinkercad, RobotC Programming, Novel Engineering, Input/Output Computer Systems, Robotics and Automation, Input/Output: Human Brain, and Highrise Programming.
News
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Middle School Robotics Headed to the VEX World Championship
After competing and earning a spot in last year’s VEX Robotics World Competition, our middle school robotics team, 33157A, was given the opportunity to enter this year’s Encore Online Challenge. The challenge was intended to reward teams that made it to Worlds last year and have continued their hard work this year.Read More -
Middle School Robotics Headed to State Competition
Congratulations to our middle school Warrior Robotics teams on being selected to participate in the South Florida VEX Robotics State Competition!Read More -
Palmetto Bay Honors Westminster Teacher During Women's History Month
Congratulations to Claudia Pastrana, our elementary PLTW Launch and enrichment teacher, for being featured by the Village of Palmetto Bay during Women’s History Month. Pastrana has taught in Palmetto Bay for the last 13 years and has made great strides in science education and robotics.Read More -
SWENext Warriors Participate in Female-Focused Engineering Event
Westminster's Society for Women Engineers, SWENext Warriors, participated in this year's "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day." The event, hosted by the University of Miami, is meant to inspire future female engineers. Anderson Bryan '22, Aria Upton '21, Mia Wells '22 and Mrs. Brianna Upton, the club's sponsor, logged on to the virtual event to partake in activities and discussion related to women in engineering.Read More -
Elementary School Hosts In-house Minecraft Competition
Westminster’s elementary school faculty hosted an in-house Minecraft competition for our Tech Time (TT) and Project Lead the Way (PLTW) students! Third, fourth and fifth graders took part in the competition. The students were asked to design an environment where humans lived without affecting different animal populations.Read More -
ES Robotics Teams Earn First Place and Bids to World Competition
Congratulations to Westminster Elementary Teams 6855B and 6855C for earning first place in the VEX IQ STEM Career Readiness Online Challenge Sponsored by The REC Foundation.Read More -
Warrior Robotics Earns Judges Award at Competition
Frisco Arango and Jacob Dumas, middle school students at Westminster, competed in a virtual VEX Robotics Competition over the weekend.Read More -
Students Use Minecraft to Build Virtual Solutions to Real-Life Problems
Elementary Enrichment teachers Mrs. Pastrana and Mrs. Castellanos implemented Minecraft in Education so students could design and build solutions to real-life problems as part of their Project Lead the Way Curriculum (PLTW).Read More
Warrior Robotics
Fourth and fifth grade students who wish to further their engineering skills may also apply for the VEX IQ competitive robotic teams. These after-school student clubs allow students to build and program their own robot, and to showcase their skills at local, state and national competitions.
VEX IQ Robotics ES Awards
List of 4 items.
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2019-20
Team 6855AJudges Award – Regional CompetitionExcellence Award – Regional Competition – Earned State bidCreate Award – Regional CompetitionTeam 6855B
Amaze Award – Regional Competition
Design Award – Regional Competition – Earned State bidTeam 6855C
Excellence Award – Regional Competition – Earned State bid
Teamwork Champion Award – Regional Competition
Robot Skills Award (twice) – Regional Competitions
Design Award – South Florida VEX IQ Elementary School State Competition – Earned World bid -
2018-19
Team 6855AInspire Award - Regional CompetitionBuild Award - Regional CompetitionJudges Award - Regional CompetitionDesign Award - Regional Competition – Earned State bidInspire Award - South Florida VEX IQ Elementary School State CompetitionTeam 6855B
Inspire Award - Regional Competition
Design Award - Regional Competition
Design Award - Regional Competition
Design Award - South Florida VEX IQ Elementary School State Competition – Earned World bid
Judges Award - 2019 Vex Robotics World Championship
3rd place Costume Contest - 2019 Vex Robotics World ChampionshipTeam 6855C
Build Award - Regional Competition
STEM Research Project Award– Regional Competition - Earned State bid
Design Award/Robot Skills Champion Award - Regional Competition
Teamwork Champion Award/Robot Skills Champion Award - Regional Competition
Excellence Award/Teamwork Champion Award– S. FL VEX IQ Elementary School State Competition - Earned World bid
Create Award - 2019 Vex Robotics World Championship -
2017-18
Team 6855ADesign Award - Regional CompetitionExcellence Award - FL State VEX IQ CompetitionState and World BidTeam 6855B
STEM Research Project Award - Regional Competition
Design Award - RoboSLAM Competition
STEM Research Project Award - RoboSLAM Competition
RoboSLAM, State and World BidTeam 6855C
Excellence Award - Regional Competition
Think Award - FL State VEX IQ Competition
State and World Bid -
2016-17
Team 59350ASTEM Research Project Award - Regional CompetitionState BidTeam 6855ADesign Award - Regional Competition
Judges Award - FL State VEX IQ Competition
State and World Bid
Thank You to Our Warrior Robotics Corporate Sponsors
Aerohive Networks
DEX Imaging
Hernandez-Solaun Foundation
Metric Engineering
Microsoft
United Technologies
DEX Imaging
Hernandez-Solaun Foundation
Metric Engineering
Microsoft
United Technologies
