Jellyfish sting Junior Jellies with interest in robotics
May 16, 2024 at 12:04 a.m.
Ridge Street Elementary School fourth-grader Gabriella Kirby focuses as she meticulously assembles her BristleBot, which she named Bob, on the final day of the Junior Jellies Engineering program on Tuesday, May 14. The annual sessions for elementary schoolers are hosted by the Jellyfish, the Blind Brook High School robotics club team, and aim to foster an early interest in STEM. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
In the quiet minutes prior to the elementary students’ arrival, sophomore Lianne Ferentz (left) and senior Joaquin Otero assemble a maze that the Junior Jellies will send their robots to conquer. Ferentz participated in the program as a fifth-grader and will serve as a build leader for the team next year. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Aayush Rawal, a fourth-grader at Ridge Street School, poses wearing a club member’s iconic turquoise jellyfish hat outside of Blind Brook High School prior to the start of the session. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Alex Thompson, a Blind Brook senior who serves as the team’s PR officer and runs the Junior Jellies program, relays instructions to the two dozen elementary schoolers in attendance. Thompson is credited by recent robotics club graduates for updating the Junior Jellies curriculum. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Blind Brook High School freshman Sasha Harra (standing) distributes batteries, wires and pipe cleaners to 11-year-old Arya Elliott for her to construct her BristleBot. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Fourth-grader Jason Zhou animatedly guides his BristleBot through a maze as Blind Brook High School robotics club president Joaquin Otero laughs. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Max Harvey (left), a sophomore volunteer at the event, begins a countdown for fifth-graders Connor Ware and Gabe John to race their robots on the floor of the Fab Lab. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Fifth-graders Anthony Gebrael (left) and M.J. O’Neill pit their BristleBots against each other in a mini-soccer game while freshman robotics club member Iris Chen acts as referee. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
