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Brain Busters excel in robotics

Brain Busters excel in robotics
The Sherborn-based Brain Busters robotics team has secured a spot at the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) New England Championship. The team faired remarkably well for its first year competing at the high school level, and is ranked 16th out of over 200 teams in the New England region. The team earned its spot at the...
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NHS Robotics Club promotes STEM

NHS Robotics Club promotes STEM
T-10On December 16, the three teams that make up the Needham High School Robotics Club attended a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics Qualifier, where they competed against 20 other teams for an opportunity to attend the state tournament. The three teams "T-10," "HackHers" (girls only), and...
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5th graders on to Lego Championship

5th graders on to Lego Championship
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The First Lego League, headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire, held its annual regional Qualifiers for the Massachusetts region (the largest region in the FLL global competition with over 430 teams statewide) on December 11 in Worcester. The theme of this year’s competition was “Animal Allies – improving the interaction between animals and humans.”...
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Wellesley Robotics Teams Make it to States

Wellesley Robotics Teams Make it to States
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy FIRST LEGO League, a featured participant at the Wellesley STEM Expo 2014-15, encourages volunteer parent-coaches, regardless of their expertise, to set up teams of children to lead, apply what they know, discover new and unique solutions and direct their own learning within a project-based, LEGO building, robotics curriculum in teams...
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