Welcome to Magellan Science

Magellan Science is a new non-profit that supports programs to advance science and technology in elementry, middle, and high school systems.  Our current focus is with several public, charter and private schools in Wake County, North Carolina.  We hope to expand our focus to the greater Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina in future years.

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Magellan NXT Robotics Education

NXT Robotic education teaches students grades 4-8th how to design, build and program robots based on the LEGO Mindstorm Robotic Invention kit.  This educational course is designed to prepare students for participation in the First LEGO League (FLL) program.  Several different courses are taught and include:  Introduction To NXT Robotics, Intermediate NXT Design, Intermediate NXT Construction, Intermediate NXT Programming, Advanced Programming, Advanced NXT Construction and a Progressive Task Challenge.

These courses available to public, charter, private and home schools.

Magellan Robotics - FIRST LEGO League (FLL)

Magellan Science staff coaches FLL teams which participate in the FLL regional, state and international challenges.  Our staff also coaches individual groups that work on the FLL tasks.

Magellan Science Festival has become

The NC Science Challenge

Magellan Science Festival has become the NC Science Challenge which hosts scientific, engineering and mathematical activities and competitions for school age students.  Its goal is to expose students to the fascination of science, engineering and mathematics.  Students can participate in as many activities as they are interested in.  Activities include bridge building, egg drop protection, NXT robotic challenge, and may others.  

Magellan Science Classroom

A series of classroom activities are under development.  The first activities are anticipated to be available in Spring of 2009. 

Recent News:

Microbots Share Magellan Mariner Story

Microbots/Magellan Mariners

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 Mariners in the News

From 2008 Fall NC FLL Young Engineers-to-be Build LEGO Robots - Video Saturday, 06 Dec 2008, 8:20 PM EST GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – Better engineering through LEGOs plastic blocks was the goal at the Greensboro Coliseum Saturday. North Carolina A&T State University's College of Engineering hosted the fifth annual LEGO League Championship. Eighty teams of ten faced the mission of building a robot that could perform tasks.

NC - FLL

From 2008 Fall NC FLL>

Two teams, Magellan Mariners and Magellan Mariners Too, from The Magellan Charter School participated in the North Carolina First Lego League in Greensboro, NC Saturday December 6th.  The Magellan Mariners earn the first place performance for the tournament’s high score of 305.  The Magellan Mariners Too, a first year team, earned a performance score that put them in 6th place.  Teams from all over North Carolina participated in this event allowing teams to met each other and share their experience and cheer on each other. 

Gracious Professionalism - The Magellan Charter School hosts Home School Team 

In the spirit of gracious professionalism, Magellan Charter School host a first year home schooled FLL team from Raleigh, NC.  The team, composed on 6 students, joined us in our own mini-tournament.  The Magellan students shared their insights into the Climate Connection game challenge.  As a first year team, observing a more experienced team provided many learning’s about the game and the FLL program.