Bot Basics and Beyond 12-15 years with Ten Peaks

Ten Peaks Innovation presents a five-day camp where students work in teams to get their ‘tech on,’ innovate and develop solutions for real-world problems. Students will be exposed to two days of an entrepreneurial thinking workshop on the STS campus. They will be introduced to concepts of design thinking, UN sustainable development goals, agri-tech, and automation and pitch their solution to a panel of innovators. Students will then apply their solution for the next three days in a hands-on robotic workshop where they will code and design a robotic solution with an award-winning Science teacher and discover their ability to become entrepreneurial leaders and change-makers.

Instructor: Steven Schultz 
Steven Schultz has been teaching high school science, chemistry, forensics, electronics, and agriculture at Lacombe Composite High School since 1997. He is well-known for his ability to differentiate his teaching methods and his willingness to provide extracurricular opportunities for students. Among his many extracurricular activities, Steven coaches soccer, facilitates a robotics club, and advises an environmental club called EcoVision. A student-run club to build ecological leaders through projects that enhance education, help the environment, and encourage community collaboration, their latest project is a net-zero geodesic community greenhouse that an edible forest, gardens, and an outdoor classroom will surround. The dome was completed in September 2012 and is supplemented with composting and an indoor hydroponics herb grow op. The whole project will become the platform for a new agricultural course, providing the school and community with local, healthy, environmentally sustainable food and bringing the community together. Steven was recognized with the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2019 for his out-of-classroom educational opportunities. He founded the United Robotics Lacombe (URL) Club in 2004 and continues to inspire students through this program. In 2006, EcoVision won numerous awards, including the Emerald, Ron Shulack, Greenest School in Canada, Watershed, and A+ for Energy Award.