Name: XRP in the Classroom: Bringing Robotics to Life During the School Day
Start: 2025-05-17T10:00:00-0400
End: 2025-05-17T10:45:00-0400

Welcome to the GEARED UP: Mentor Conference, where innovation meets inspiration!

Join us on May 17, 2025, from 9 am to 4 pm at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Kossiakoff Center, for a day filled with knowledge-sharing, networking, and empowerment.

We want to hear from you! What topics are most important and critical for you? What topics can you share with the community? Help us program and plan the 2025 conference to be the most impactful yet.

This conference is proudly presented by Aramco America and aims to equip mentors with the tools and insights needed to effectively guide an increasingly diverse generation of students.

Saturday May 17, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT

Curriculum Room

Looking for an affordable, flexible robotics tool you can actually use in class? Meet XRP—a cross-curricular robotics platform built for accessibility, engagement, and real-world skills.

In this session, Lori and Kate show how XRP fits into school-day instruction, aligns with standards, and sparks student creativity. Whether you're an FLL/FTC mentor who's also a teacher, or a district looking to embed more hands-on STEM, you'll walk away with ideas, lesson flow, and implementation tips.

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