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The Atoms Family's rookie year was in 2012. Their first room they ever met out of was the chemistry room where they built their first robot for the game Ultimate Ascent.
Umm, actually, the first game they ever played was not Ultimate Ascent. It was Rebound Rumble.
Mrs. Wash was the 2021 FIRST Educator of the year. A few fun facts about her, she played collegiate pool (billiards) and later coached a team, and also went undefeated playing college Tennis!
Umm, Actually, Mrs. Wash won the the FIRST Educator of the year award in 2022.
In 2022, FIRST Robotics Competition's game was called Rapid React, where teams would shoot cargo into a cone shaped goal. Teams could hold up to 3 pieces of cargo and climb rungs as the end game.
Umm, Actually, robots could only hold up to 2 cargo at a time.
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back had one of the most famous cinematic reveals in the history of movies. Luke yells "He told me you killed him." talking about his father. Vader then reveals to Luke "No, I am your Father." After cutting off Luke's left hand, this became the biggest plot twists of it's time.
Umm, Actually, Vader cut off Luke's right hand.
Did you know every letter of the alphabet can be seen in every state in the United States of America?
Umm, Actually the letter "Q" does not appear in any state.
2018 was one of the best years that the Atoms Family have ever had. The game was called Power Up and robots had to put Power Cubes on the middle scale and their alliance switch to earn points. The Atoms Family robot name Outpour won a blue banner at the Belleville district.
Umm, Actually, their robot name was not named Outpour, it was named Cascade.
Chloe has been a part of FIRST robotics since her days in high school. She was a part of 6 different FRC teams. Little known fact about her, she went to Australia when she was in middle school.
Umm, Actually, she was only a part of 4 different FRC teams.
In 2015, the game was called Recycle Rush where robots could stack totes up to 6 high. Stacking a recycle bin on top of a stack would give it a x2 multiplier. Robots this year had the option to make their robot as tall as the team wanted with no vertical limit to be able to achieve these tasks. This was also a year where no bumpers were required.
Umm, Actually, the robots had no horizontal limit instead of a no vertical limit.
Dungeons and Dragons was created by two men named Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. DnD is a role playing game where players create characters based around 6 attribute modifiers. Dexterity, Might, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Each of these attribute modifiers adds to a characters roll of a D20 to contribute to the progress of the campaign with a dungeon master.
Umm, Actually, Might is not an attribute. Strength is.
Before the hashtag was called the hashtag, it was commonly known as the pound sign, the original name for the symbol.
Umm, Actually, the original name for the symbol is the Octothorpe
In 2015, the Atoms Family won their first Blue Banner. They won the Woodhaven District after being the first selection by team 1023, the Bedford Express. Later picking team 3604, The Goon Squad.
Umm, Actually, they were the second pick not the first pick. 1023 picked the Goon Squad before picking the Atoms Family.
Mr. Oweis has been a part of the Atoms Family since 2013. A few fun facts about Mr. Oweis, he was once kicked out of Cedar Point for standing on the Blue Streak coaster as the cars were being pulled up to the top, rolled his Volkswagen Jetta, and once won $75 as the first place prize for a paper airplane contest.
Umm, Actually, it was a Volkswagen Rabbit that Mr. Oweis rolled.
In 2017, the game was called Steamworks. This was a steampunk themed year where robots brought gears to their alliance's air ships. Fuel Cells could be shot into their boilers to gain more points. For the end game, robots had to climb a standardized rope that was attached to the airship.
Umm, Actually, each team was able to attach their own customized ropes for the end game.
Umm, Actually, the creeper was created after Notch accidentally got the dimension of a pig incorrect and decided to keep it in the game.
The human body is an enigma. Things may not always look as it seems. Did you know that if you took out the circulatory system of a grown adult, it could barely wrap around the equator.
Umm, Actually, it could wrap around the equator roughly around 2.5 times. The equator is 24,901 miles long and the circulatory system averages around 60,000 miles.
The Atoms Family used to name their robot based off of what year they were in but stopped in 2016. The first name was SheIla, then SheIIla, then SheIIIla, then SheIVa. 2016 was the first year they did not name the robot at all.
Umm, Actually, it was his freshman year when he got suspended for swearing.
In 2016, the game was called Stronghold. Part of the game was destroying the other alliances defenses. These defenses were picked by the opposing alliances with one being selected by the crowd every 5 matches for each alliance. Boulders would be shot at the opposing alliances towers for points.
Umm, Actually, crowd selection was for the middle defense for both alliances.
Did you know that there are over 350 different languages that are spoken in the US? However, there are around 700 different languages of Code. HTML, Java, and Python are some of the more common languages. There are languages for every letter of the alphabet, like B, A+, C. And some random words like Plague, Erlang, and Pascal
Umm, Actually, Plague is not an actual coding language.
Did you know that Stan Lee, the creator of Marvel, has won the most Academy Awards with 26?
Umm, Actually Walt Disney has won the most Academy Awards.
The Atoms Family have won several awards. This includes the quality award, industrial design award, engineering inspiration award, the gracious professionalism, the autonomous award, the imagery award, and the creativity award. The first non performance award that the team won was the quality award.
Umm, Actually, the Atoms Family never won the gracious professionalism award.
Mr. Mikola has been notorious as being the quiet mentor AND the snack mentor on the team. But he has had quite a wild streak on his way to being who he is today. He has speeding tickets in 4 different countries, got his rental car up to 260 KPH in Hungary, and has hit a telephone pole with his own car.
Umm, Actually, he has speeding tickets in 5 different countries.
In 2014, the game was called Aerial Assist. Teams would pass a large exercise ball to each other's alliance partners to game 10 points per pass but could only be counted until the ball was scored. The alliances could also get additional points by tossing the ball over the truss that hung in the middle of the field, as well as hanging from said truss for the end game.
Umm, Actually, there was no end game that year.
DC and Marvel will always be at odds with each other. However, this does not mean that they do not take inspiration from each other. There are many characters that have striking similarities to each other. Like Green Arrow and Hawkeye, Quick Silver and The Flash, Deathstroke and Deadpool. But there are some unique characters like Aquaman and Winter Soldier who don't have a counterpart.
Umm, Actually, Aquaman's Marvel counter part is Namor.
Planets are cool! You can't actually stand on the planet Uranus, Saturn's rings are 90% water, and every planet in our solar system spins counter clockwise.
Umm, Actually Venus spins clockwise