Frank Robotics Wins VEX Excellence Award at Oak Park Super Saturday Event

Frank Robotics attended the Oak Park Super Saturday Event February 4th and Won the VEX Robotics Excellence Award which is the highest award given out at VEX events. This award goes to the teams that exemplifies excellence in a VEX Robotics program. The winner will be contender in all other award categories such as competition, interviews, engineering/design notebooks, and sportsmanship. Way to go Lobos!

Teams 3064D and 3064E finished qualifying rounds ranked 4th and 8th respectively and qualified for the elimination bracket. In the final bracket Team 3064E made it to the Semi Final but were eliminated 2-1. Team 3064D, despite their fellow alliance robot having technical issues and barely able to function, were able to make their way to the Finals where they were able to push a great alliance to the brink in a 2 on 1 situation but ultimately losing 2-1-1. The finals were as dramatic and exciting as anything we've seen but unfortunately the Disney ending did not happen but we were still so proud and happy for our Lobo Techs!

R.J. Frank Promotional Video

Another Wonderful CSUCI Boating Center Field Trip!

Pacific Mole Crab Monitoring at Hollywood Beach

World Ocean Day at R.J. Frank

Rockets in Math Class

Mr. Hunt and his students build and launch rockets to practice trigonometry.  Students measure angles and distances to determine the approximate height that these rockets achieve. Students have determined these rockets fly to about 1,200 feet in altitude.

VEX All Girls Robotics at La Reina

This was truly an international robotics competition. Besides the many girls  robotics competition teams from the USA, visitors from Puerto Rico, Great Britain and Mexico City were in attendance too.

Advanced Robotics and Engineering Class Competition

Hippocrates Circle Field Trip

The Hippocrates Circle puts R.J. Frank students in touch with physicians and medical students who can share ideas on how to work as a medical professional.  Students learn what doctors do in everyday practice, tour a hospital, visit a medical school, and learn a lot about how to succeed and achieve their dreams. Our students also learn ways to pay for a medical education.

Students and Ms. Sher enjoyed a recent field trip to Kaiser Pemanente Medical Center.

Water Conservation Video

Underwater Robotics at R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science and Engineering.

Oceanography class is experimenting with underwater ROVs!

Underwater Remote Operated Vehicle experimentation with the oceanography class

Students in Oceanography class explored a kelp holdfast to discover the types of animals that live there.

Giant kelp is not a plant but is an algae that grows rapidly.  Instead of roots it attaches to the seafloor with a structure called the holdfast.  The kelp holdfast is home and hiding place for many invertebrate animals.

 Brittle stars, shrimp, clams, whelks, tube worms, polychaete worms and many more animals were discovered in the kelp holdfast.

Robotics Competition at Enterprise Middle School in Compton, California

 Check out the ball dropping in with two seconds left.

Our girls team placed 4th out of 18 teams in just their second competition.

R.J. Frank Academy of Engineering students are competing at Enterprise Middle School in Compton California on Saturday February 20, 2016.

R.J. Frank Academy of Engineering students are competing at Enterprise Middle School in Compton, California on Saturday February 20, 2016.  The advanced robotics students, from left to right are, Jazmyne, Alyssa, and Stephanie. Their robot is designed for this year's Vex Robotic Competition "Nothing But Net".  The robots are built and programmed to pick up balls and shoot them into a goal.