PARKERSBURG, W. Va. Dark Side Robotics, Wood County's first robotic competition team, hosted a pumpkin drop with an educational twist focusing on STEM. <\/p>\n
Students from several schools around Wood County gathered at WVUP for the staple fall event, although this is the first year the robotics team held its own.<\/p>\n
The goal of the competition is to design an enclosure to protect a pumpkin from damage when dropped form several hundred feet in the air. The students were hoisted in the air with the assistance of a Vienna fire truck ladder to see if their pumpkin both survives the fall and lands closes to a target.<\/p>\n
Though the event was a fun-filled, organizers say it's a way for the kids to experience STEM education, which is simply problem solving. <\/p>\n
\"The important end result of participating in STEM is the idea of giving them a valid problem to solve and then respecting their ability to research and think critically and come up with a solution and execute\", said Amy Stewart, advisor of Dark Side Robotics. <\/p>\n
Dark Side Robotics competition team are comprised of middle and high school students around the area. They are only one of four operating teams in the state of West Virginia. <\/p>\n
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