Where pigs fly
Exploding Bacon is a 4-H Club that participates in FIRST robotics. Our team has been thriving and growing since it’s inception in 2006. At the first meeting that year there was a total of six kids and three adult mentors for an FRC team. By kickoff, which was only the second meeting, the team had grown to ten kids, from four different schools, and roughly six adult mentors. Since then the team has grown to include 5 FLL teams with our FRC team with more than eighty students from twelve (12) schools in four counties, with a plethora of college and professional mentors leading the way.
But, just like FIRST, Exploding Bacon isn’t about building robots. This team is all about building people. Our students learn skills that will help them to become better employees and citizens. In addition to what the students learn, they participate in a wide range of community outreach projects from educational robotic demonstration events to helping those in need. Please check out the impressive list in the OUTREACH link on this site.
Where we’ve been:
- South Florida Regional 2012-13
- Orlando Regional 2006-2013
- FRC World Championships (Atlanta) 2006-2013
- Indiana Robotics Invitational 2007-2012
- Panther Prowl, 2012
- Palmetto Regional (South Carolina) 2011
- Tempest -N-Tampa 2007-2009, 2011
- North Carolina Regional 2010
- Connecticut Regional 2009
- New Orleans Regional 2008
- Mission Mayhem (Ft. Lauderdale) 2006-2008
- Las Vegas Regional 2007
- Lone Star Regional (Houston) 2006
Where we went this year:
Florida Regional; UCF Arena, Orlando, Florida: March 7-9
South Florida Regional; FAU, Boca Raton, Florida: March 28-30
World Championship; Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO: April 24-27