Teachers and students can watch and participate
live on Thursday, October 17, at 7:00 p.m. ET/ 4:00 p.m. PT via
Twitch at: https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires
The live stream, in collaboration with
nonprofit FIRST, will feature state of the art robotics technology
from inside an Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center so students learn
more about robotics and the importance of a computer science
education.
The live tour is the latest addition to Amazon
Future Engineer – a four-part, childhood-to-career program that
works to inspire and educate 10 million children and young adults
each year from underserved and underrepresented communities to try
computer science
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that on Thursday, October
17 at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT, teachers and students can go
online to Twitch (www.twitch.tv/firstinspires) to watch and
participate in a live stream of a first-of-its-kind, interactive
and educational tour inside an Amazon Robotics fulfillment center.
The live stream, in collaboration with global nonprofit FIRST and
hosted by Twitch influencer Deejay Knight, will feature state of
the art robotics technology behind the scenes at Amazon. The goal
of the tour is to inspire more students to learn about robotics and
to illustrate the importance of a computer science education. The
live tour is the latest addition to Amazon Future Engineer – a
four-part, childhood-to-career program that works to inspire and
educate 10 million children and young adults each year from
underserved and underrepresented communities to try computer
science.
“This is an awesome opportunity for students across the country
to learn about the innovative robotics and computer science
technology that goes into delivering packages for our Amazon
customers,” said Dave Clark, Amazon SVP, Worldwide Operations. “We
know that today’s students are the innovators of tomorrow, and with
Amazon Future Engineer, we will continue to provide opportunities
that peak students’ curiosity and expand their educational horizons
with fun, interactive, and creative experiences.”
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2020 there will
be 1.4 million computer-science-related jobs available and only
400,000 computer science graduates with the skills to apply for
those jobs. Computer science is the fastest-growing profession
within the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) field,
but only 8% of STEM graduates earn a computer science degree, with
a tiny minority from underprivileged backgrounds. Students from
underprivileged backgrounds are 8 to 10 times more likely to pursue
college degrees in computer science if they have taken AP computer
science in high school.
On the tour, students will see first-hand how teams of
associates work alongside robotic technologies to fulfill customer
orders. They will see where inventory items are stowed into the
system, learn how robots bring storage pods to our associates to
pick customer items, and finally, they’ll see trucks being loaded
with thousands of customer orders.
“Participating on a robotics team prepares students to succeed
in a variety of roles and fields, and the STEM career net is wide.
Nearly every job, especially jobs of the future, requires some
extent of STEM literacy,” said Don Bossi, President, FIRST. “FIRST
is thrilled to partner with Amazon to showcase the STEM that
happens behind-the-scenes in a fulfillment center, and what jobs in
this space look like. We want young people to see the breadth of
opportunities they can explore as they enter their professional
careers.”
“Partnering with Amazon and FIRST allows us to engage in an
opportunity that hasn’t ever been done in the history of our
school: creating our own student-centered, STEM focused, robotics
team,” said Karl Gapuz, a teacher at Seattle Public School’s Rising
Star Elementary, who is part of the Amazon Future Engineer robotics
program. “We center our pedagogy on how we support our culturally
and linguistically diverse students to grow up and be
well-informed, social justice-oriented citizens in their
communities. Access to this livestream tour is another example of
how our students continue to get real-world experience and
opportunities through this important partnership.”
Amazon currently provides more than 150 schools across the
country with robotics programming, which includes funding to launch
FIRST robotics teams along with teacher professional development,
an additional $10,000 to expand access to computer science
education at each school, and access to a tour of an Amazon
robotics fulfillment center as part of the Amazon Future Engineer
program. The livesteam will help bring access to more students,
teachers and classrooms to inspire students to pursue STEM and
computer science education.
Amazon is excited to partner with FIRST as part of this unique
field trip opportunity because FIRST has a proven impact on STEM
workforce development - 89% of FIRST Alumni declare a STEM major in
college, and 70% of FIRST Alumni declare a major in engineering or
computer science. FIRST students are three times more likely to
show an increase in STEM interest than comparison group students.
And, positive impacts are evident for all FIRST students.
FIRST is a robotics community that prepares young people in
grades K-12 for the future. For 30 years, FIRST has combined the
rigor of STEM learning with the fun and excitement of traditional
sports, and the inspiration that comes from community through
programs that have a proven impact on learning, interest, and
skill-building inside and outside of the classroom. Data from a
5-year longitudinal study of FIRST by Brandeis University shows
competitive FIRST robotics programs works for all youth. Across all
demographic groups (gender, race, economic status and geography),
FIRST students show significant gains in STEM knowledge, STEM
interest, STEM career interest, STEM identity, and STEM activity
compared to their peers who don’t participate. FIRST students are
more likely to major in tech-focused science fields in college; by
their second year of college, over 50 percent declare majors in
engineering or technology. The impact on young women in FIRST is
particularly profound. By their first year of college, female
alumnae of FIRST are 3.6 times more likely to take an engineering
course, and 1.9 times more likely to take a computer science course
than female comparison students.
Launched in November 2018, Amazon Future Engineer is a four-part
childhood-to-career program intended to inspire, educate, and
prepare children and young adults from underrepresented and
underserved communities to pursue careers in the fast-growing field
of computer science. Each year, Amazon Future Engineer aims to
inspire millions of kids to explore computer science; provides over
100,000 young people in over 2,000 high schools access to Intro or
AP Computer Science courses; awards 100 students with four-year
$10,000 scholarships, as well as offers guaranteed and paid Amazon
internships to gain work experience. Amazon Future Engineer is part
of Amazon’s $50 million investment in computer science/STEM
education. In addition, Amazon Future Engineer has donated more
than $10 million to organizations that promote computer
science/STEM education across the country.
If you miss the live stream on Thursday, October 17, we will
post the full video on our About Amazon site. You can sign up to
visit an Amazon fulfillment center by visiting
www.amazonfctours.com.
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About Amazon in the Community
Amazon is committed to helping more children and young adults,
especially those from underrepresented and underserved communities,
have the resources and skills they need to build their best future.
Amazon focuses on building long-term, innovative, and high impact
programs that leverage Amazon’s unique assets and culture.
Initiatives include Amazon Future Engineer, designed to inspire and
excite 10 million children and young adults from underserved and
underrepresented communities each year to pursue an education in
computer science, as well as programs that support immediate needs,
including addressing family homelessness through donations and
housing a homeless shelter in its Seattle headquarters, as well as
global relief efforts for people in need following natural
disasters.
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