Want us to come to your event?

MARS is dedicated to the growth of STEM and FIRST in West Virginia, we’re constantly exploring new events and opportunities in our area. In 2019 we attended 81 community outreach events and are always looking to expand that number. We’d love to bring one of our robots, either competition or parade depending on expected participant age.

We also offer activities including:

  1. Making your own Brush Bots. Resembling HEX bugs, a brush bot is made with a toothbrush head, motor, and watch battery.

  2. Play-Doh circuitry. An initiative used to teach circuitry to a young age while utilizing the conductivity of Play-Doh.

  3. Marvin’s Mighty Mission coloring books. Used to teach a younger age about MARS and our process.

  4. Whats-In-A-Robot documentation. A large pull up sign and handouts comparing our robot to a human body for increased comprehension.

  5. Lightsicles. Making flashlights out of popsicle sticks to teach circuitry.

  6. Robot Demonstration. MARS’s 2020 Robot, named MARVIN XIII, is a small and child-friendly robot that shoots small foam balls and allows students a chance to drive and interact with MARS’s work.

  7. LEGO Robot Presentation. LEGO table-top robots that participants will have an opportunity to design and program under the instruction of MARS students.

If this interests you, please fill out this form:

MARS welcomes all people without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, ancestry, abilities, economic or family status, life situation, veteran status, or philosophy. We strive to be an inclusive environment for all individuals by advocating for and providing equal treatment to all.

Indigenous Land Acknowledgement

MARS, and the presence of the buildings it uses, resides on land that is the ancestral territory of the Massawomeck peoples. With the statewide STEM outreach MARS provides, this includes the ancestral territories of the Shawnee, Lenape (or Delaware), Cherokee, and Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois--the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Tuscarora), and other Indigenous peoples.

We recognize and appreciate all those Indigenous nations whose territories we are living on and working in. Indigenous peoples have been in the land currently known as West Virginia since time immemorial. It is important that we understand both the context that has brought our community to reside on this land and our place within this long history. We also recognize that colonialism is a current, ongoing process, and as scholars seeking truth and understanding, we need to be mindful of our present participation in this process.

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