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McGlynn students describe hands-on learning in new Robotics 3 60 program
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Two McGlynn Middle School students described classroom work in a new Robotics 3 60 science challenge course, telling the Medford School Committee the program combines coding, teamwork and real‑world problem solving; the district says state officials will visit this week to see the pilot.
Two students from McGlynn Middle School told the Medford School Committee on Monday that a new Robotics 3 60 science challenge course is giving them early experience with coding, engineering and teamwork.
Eighth‑grader Annabel Foster said her group has progressed to unit four and is building a “crab‑like robot” designed to “scan for ocean temperature and gather data points that can be useful in helping research aquatic life in the future.” She told the committee the course uses a kit with modified Lego components and “block coding, which is the base for…
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