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Article: Building interest ; New England is a leader for programs aimed at getting kids involved in math and science. But, compared with the rest of the nation at least, our kids don't seem be participating.
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 27, 2009
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The team that kicked off its 2009-2010 season last Wednesday at
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School has corporate sponsors and
more than a half-dozen coaches. About half of the 80 students on the
team travel to regional and national competitions.
And the team has absolutely nothing to do with football or any
other sport played on a gridiron, diamond, or rink. The TJ2 Robotics
team, now in its 15th season, builds remote-controlled robots and
enters them in the annual FIRST Robotics competition. Instead of a
locker room, it convenes in a machine shop filled with lathes and
drill presses. Its alumni have ended up with engineering-intensive
jobs at places like NASA and NASCAR.
FIRST is just ...