Fanshawe College’s Innovation Village hosted a robotic competition for elementary school pupils in the Thames Valley District school board on Wednesday. The pupils, in teams of 10, had six weeks to learn to program a Lego kit robot to perform on a grid of buildings and streets to collect cars, garbage and blue boxes among other tasks for a score. Neil Casey, the math co-ordinator for the school board, says being part of the program that integrates robotics with science, technology and math learning helps pupils engage, reduce anxiety and learn to collaborate. Read More
PHOTOS: Elementary school robotic competition
