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Robots, a Barbie Float and a Little "Operation"
Attleboro was one of several communities in the region to participate in a Legos robotics presentation.
Students set off a chain reaction in East Providence Saturday.
Kids from Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts filled the gym at with Legos, robots, laptops and even a Barbie float.
They participated in the twentieth anniversary of the Robotics Park. The event was sponsored by the Rhode Island School of the Future, a non-profit dedicated to helping teach kids lifelong learning skills.
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Attleboro was represented in the Junior FIRST Lego League by the Broken Brains Team. They made a project out of Legos.
The "Broken Brains" team, which meets in the Attleboro home of coach Dan Guest, is comprised of his son, Matthew, 8; Nathaniel Winchell, 7, of Rehoboth;
and Naomi Adeyemi, 7, a student at Martin Elementary School in North
Attleboro. Matthew Guest, who was sick and could not attend Saturday's event, and Winchell are both home-schooled.
Coach Guest also runs another Attleboro-based team for kids ages 9 to
13 called the "Mind Storm Maniacs." They meet at Contech Research in
Attleboro, where Guest works.
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“It’s a portable X-ray machine,” Naomi Adeyemi, 7, of North Attleboro, explained.
East Providence was well-represented during the event. Teams from Martin, Riverside Middle School and St. Mary Academy—Bay View showed off their projects.
“We love the hands-on innovation,” said Glenn Piros, principal of Martin Middle School. “It’s great for student engagement.”
Riverside put together a project that turned the model of the popular “Operation” into a pinball-type game. They also sent a Barbie float out as part of the robotics parade.
Martin put together chain reaction project that included a Brain Boat and a Bone Car made out of Legos.
And the S.M.A.R.T. girls from Bay View, who won the RI FIRST Lego League 2011 Director’s Award, also gave a special demonstration of their work.
More than 200 students, including some from Barrington and Mt. Hope High School, participated in the event. Students from Mt. Hope showed off their award-winning FIRST Tech Challenge robots.