Community impact
From camps and bootcamps to library stations and hackathons, Metal Magic brings STEM experiences to students across the community.
We started the first FTC podcast of this sort in the Chesapeake region. In this, we hope to share the experiences of many FTC teams throughout the region and how they combatted the challenges of the game to build their robot. Watch them on our YouTube channel.
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Other shorter interviews at districts including Blu Cru and Beaver Bots
Our second annual hackathon coding competition. Students had 24 hours to create a game or project relating to a certain theme! We also conducted many bootcamps during this competition such as intro to marketing, AI/ML, Java, CAD, MVP pitch, and more!
Visit Code Crush Hackathon
This year, we hosted a 4-week Academic Year camp where students formed their own mock robotics team. In this experience, students learned about FIRST, as well as important robotics team aspects like hardware, software, and outreach. Students gained many valuable insights through our team members as their mentors.
We conducted a kickoff event for the 2025-26 FTC Decode Season with activities and a game reveal livestream.
Our first annual hackathon coding competition. Students had 24 hours to create a game or project relating to a certain theme! We also conducted many bootcamps during this competition such as intro to Python, Java, and AI.
Visit Code Crush Hackathon
We had a booth in the Academies of Loudoun's annual Maker Showcase, where we showcased our team, FIRST, and the concept of competitive robotics. We presented and spoke to educators, parents, and students about how to get involved in FIRST and robotics. We did demo runs of our robot along with a hardware and software showcase to inspire students. We also setup our trifold and awards for others to see. This was a great opportunity to showcase ourselves, FIRST, and robotics!
We conducted online sessions covering the basics of FIRST, FTC, and robotics. We went over hardware parts, 3-D modeling, programming concepts, Python crash course, marketing, logo design, and even a live robot demo!
Open events with stations for 3D printing, Java programming, robot driving, AI experiments, and hands-on hardware challenges.
