Educational Programs

Pi Wars Robotics Challenge

Spring 2025

Pi Wars is an international, challenge-based robotics competition in which teams of middle and high school students build Raspberry Pi-controlled robots and then compete in non-destructive autonomous and remote-controlled challenges

UCSD ForMIDABLE Program for Middle School Students

February – March and June – July

This program offers two opportunities for middle school students. Our winter program, UCSD ForMIDABLE PREP 2025, introduces students to Python programming, robotics, and engineering in a seven week virtual and hands-on program. Our six-week summer program teaches STEM through hands-on workshops, guest speakers, and robotics demonstrations. Students joining the program can stay involved with ForMIDABLE throughout middle school and beyond to the high school ABLE program.

UCSD Outreach Ambassador Program (OAP)

Ongoing

The UCSD Outreach Ambassador Program (OAP) gives high school students the opportunity to go behind the scenes of the marketing, promotion and dissemination of UCSD STEM program information. Students will meet monthly with UCSD program coordinators, educational representatives and business professionals to discuss strategies for successful promotion and publicity planning. Students will have the opportunity to share ideas about marketing, publicity and program promotion for a variety of UCSD outreach programs for middle and high school students.