HIGH-TECH TEAMWORK.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE -- Six teams of Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley middle school students maneuvered robots they built in a public demonstration at Poncitlan Square. Aided by Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Dryden Flight Research Center The Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. On March 26, 1976 it was named in honor of the late Hugh L. at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. and the AERO Institute. ``The goal of the workshop and public demonstration is to provide the students with an opportunity to understand why math is important and how it can be used,'' said Cecilia Cordova Cordova, Spain: see Córdoba. , Dryden robotics education coordinator. The workshop introduced the seventh- to ninth-graders to the mathematics used to build robots, showed how robots are used every day and provided experience working as a team, she added. Five local high schools have teams that build robots and compete in regional and national contests designed to test the designs. Sponsors hope this workshop will stimulate interest by middle school students in robotics before they enter high school. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- 3 -- color) Brazton Cullors, 12, left in photo above, and Joy Hernandez, 13, of the Fast and Furious team and Girl Scout Troop 661 work on their robot 'The Unknowns.' At top right, John Mullen, 14, of the Biknights team from Desert Christian Middle School, controls his team's robot. At left, Courtney Donovan, 13, of the Fast and Furious Team and Girl Scout Troop 661, works her team's robot. (4) Theresa Bastian, 13, left, and Kayla Barbosa,12, both of The Terminator Team and Girl Scout troop 34 work on their robot. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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