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  • Genre:children's fiction
  • Sub-genre:Robots
  • Age Range (years):6 - 8
  • Language:English
  • Series Title:The Adventures of Felix and Phoebe
  • Series Number:1
  • Pages:28
  • Hardcover ISBN:9781667892597

Felix and Phoebe's Robot

By Team 4 ELEMENT Team 4 ELEMENT

Overview

"Felix and Phoebe's Robot" is a children's story book that begins to introduce the world of STEM to young minds in a comprehensible and unique way. The book is focused on two main characters, Phoebe and Felix, who work together to build a robot that can toast a piece of bread. The two go through the engineering design process confronting challenges by coming up with innovative solutions.
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Description

"Felix and Phoebe's Robot" is a story that follows the titular Felix and Phoebe as they face a problem in their daily life. Felix struggles to make a perfect slice of toast in the morning, inspiring the pair to work together to try and create a robot to toast the bread for them. Following the steps of the Engineering Design Process, the pair work their way through asking, imagining, researching, drawing, building, testing, and improving their robot. Learning about safety and overcoming design failures, Felix and Phoebe are finally able to enjoy their perfect toast! Lovingly created by a team of students, this story is dedicated to the late Woodie Flowers, and hopes to inspire the same love of robotics in children as Flowers inspired in all of us.
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About The Author

Team 4 ELEMENT is a robotics team operating out of High Tech Los Angeles Charter High School in Lake Balboa, California. Team 4 strives to spread the ideas of STEM, which form the core tenets of FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). Through summer camps, exhibitions, media presence, and competitions, Team 4 inspires the next generation of engineers, innovators, and leaders. To spread the love of robotics to young minds, Team 4 has spent countless hours brining this story to life. We hope that Felix and Phoebe can connect with children across the world, sparking an interest in robotics. Our story is meant to inspire them to explore the various fields that STEM has to offer. If you enjoyed this story, be sure to keep an eye out for the next part of the series, releasing soon! In memory of Dr. Woodie Flowers, we are honored to dedicate this story to his timeless commitment to FIRST® Robotics Competition and FIRST® as a whole. Visit us at www.team4element.com to follow our progress, and catch us at our next event!
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