Famous People in STEAM
Coding
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VEX Parts
LEGO
100

A modern day billionaire appropriated this visionary engineer’s name. He was born in a thunderstorm. Thomas Edison fired him.

What is Nikola Tesla?

100

A list of steps written in code that give a robot/machine directions.

What is a program?

100

You can work on robots and complex mechanisms in this common engineering field.

What is Mechanical Engineering?

100

The central command transceiver that stores all the coding for the robot.

What is the Brain?

100

LEGOs newest robot model/series.

What is LEGO Boost?

200

Shouting his name 28 times in the intro to his famous science show for kids... science rules with this tall science guy

What is Bill Nye the Science Guy?

200

A code set or prompt that allows a machine to process information on its own.

What is an algorithm/AI?
200

You can design and construct public structures such as bridges, roads and garages in this engineering degree.

What is Civil Engineering?

200

Moves parts using electromagnetic force and is wired to the Brain.

What is the Motor?

200

Sensor that detects color on a LEGO robotics field.

What is Color Sensor?

300

Scientist that taught as professor at MIT and is responsible for much of the theory surrounding the tesseract to date.

What is Carl Sagan?

300

// helps direct future code viewers note what certain parts of the code are for.

What is Note?

300

You can design analytical and production systems for pharmaceuticals and researchers looking for that chemical connection in this niche engineering field. 

What is Chemical Engineering?

300

Long metal that is steel or aluminum. These connectable pieces are used to build the robot frame.

What is C frame, L frame, F frame, etc?

300

Robot code/build that allows robots to fight each other on a sumo style board.

What is SUGO?

400

Female former engineer at MIT. Now working in youth STEAM education with her own video show and space science demos.

What is Space Gal (Emily Calandrelli)?

400

This coding software platform is used to program our VEX robots.

What is RobotC?

400
You can design, make, and test radar systems, navigation systems, such as GPS, in automobiles and aircraft alike in this engineering field.

What is Electrical Engineering?

400

This is a wheel that has a smaller cylinders attached to it on the opposing axis moves the robot abound the board on the x and y axis different directions.

What is Omni-Wheels?

400

This was the original LEGO robot series.

What is Robotics Invention System/Mindstorm?

500

Former supervisor for Food Network. Recently opened his own restaurant. The general public wonders if he criticizes his own food as much as he does others… he MAY not really be a scientist… but he does work with steam

What is Gordon Ramsey?

500

 setMotorSpeed(leftMotor, 50) allows the robot to move in this direction.

What is left?

500

In this rare field of engineering you work to with gain information from people's electronics such as smartphones, computers or phone calls without their express permission. Most people in this field are not exactly the best at social interaction.

What is Social Engineering/Ethical Hacking?

500

This is a wheel that has smaller rollers attached diagonal to it and allows strafing in diagonal movement. 

What is McCannon Wheel?

500

This Danish man from Denmark first made LEGOs in 1932.

What is Ole Christiansen?