20+ YEARS AND COUNTING...
Exploding Bacon Robotics Team 1902, is a Central Florida 4-H club for High School aged students that among other things, participates in FIRST. Our students learn engineering, computer programming, and hands-on machinery skills, as well as the problem solving, strategic thinking, time management, public speaking, teamwork and leadership skills essential in any career. The goal is to inspire and support these youth members to continue on to higher education in trade schools and STEM programs in college.

AWARD WINNING
2019 FIRST Impact Award Championship, Houston World Championship
 -- inaugurated into the FIRST Hall of Fame (formerly the Chairman's Award)
And 50+ other awards over 20 seasons.
Most recently 
2025 Winner, Tallahassee Regional
2025 Team Sustainability Award, Tallahassee Regional
2025 Woodie Flowers Finalist Award, Orlando Regional
2025 FIRST Dean’s List Finalist Awards, Orlando Regional
2025 Orlando Regional Finalist, Orlando Regional
2025 Industrial Design Award, Orlando Regional
2025 Team Sustainability Award, World Championship

STEM ADVOCATES
Throughout the year, Exploding Bacon students and mentors are active STEM advocates and participate in an average of 30-40 demonstrations and outreach events each year, averaging more than 1,000 student outreach hours per year.  We regularly provide STEM Summer Camps and Imagery Workshops.

Visit our website to learn more about our team and check out our three favorite programs #FIRSTLikeAGirl, Spark Science Kits and FIRSTAlliances.org.

4-H Exploding Bacon Robotics Team 1902

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