The Sante Fe New Mexican – Robert Nott
“Robotic vehicles overran the gym at El Camino Real Academy on Thursday morning as eighth-graders at the south-side school used their math and science skills to program them to start, stop and turn…About 100 students at El Camino Real, divided into 26 teams, took part in the six-hour robotics fair…The idea, as robotics adviser Russ Fisher-Ives explained, is to see the robots as tools, not toys, and to develop creative-thinking skills among students while allowing them to have fun with math and science concepts…The robots let kids connect the math equation to real-world experiences…“This is all about getting the kids excited about STEM [science, technology, engineering and math] and STEM-based initiatives,” said El Camino Real Academy Assistant Principal Kristy Dillingham.”(more)