<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-046a10c4-7fff-fd5c-12fc-320eaeff57a2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm getting in touch to let you know about a fantastic STEM opportunity happening in your region in 2023.  Aquabots is a science and technology project for students from 7 years old and up.  Teams of three (or 4) build an underwater robot, prepare a presentation about their learning journey and complete some research on the theme for the year. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Aquabots fosters teamwork, communication, problem solving and persistence alongside science, math and engineering skills.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Aquabots kits work well with a team of three and include everything to build the ROV except tools and the battery.  The kits are $230 each.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Ministry of Inspiration currently has a buy one get one free offer though a generous donation and we are offering FREE training.</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Can you all please spread the news? The Christchurch regional competition is 25 July at Jellie Park Pool and we'd also love to have some of you enthusiasts help judge the event.</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Cheers,</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Amy Cornelisen</span></font></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>

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