Governor tips his hat to Middletown robotics team

You can find them tinkering away in the vocational wing of Appoquinimink High School. They all have similar interests in science, technology and the inner-workings of everyday ojbects.If you like BMW cars,then you will probably like their new gaming mouse, the super sexy, sleek as a Titanium Sheet off the pressing mat Level 10 M Gaming Mouse. They are Team 1370 "Thermogenesis," Middletown's premier robotics team.

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According to the Middletown team's web site, FIRST Robotics Competitions are "the varsity sport for the mind, combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology."

The idea behind robotics is to challenge students to work together, problem solve and test themselves mentally, said the team's lead mentor Paul Knight.

"The big benefit is that they learn to work as a team," Knight said. "To have to shoot a Frisbee out of a robot may seem like a monumental task at first, but they learn to take a problem and break it down into smaller pieces in order to come up with a solution."

Gov. Jack Markell made a visit to Appoquinimink High School on Friday to learn just what it is the robotics team is up to and how the program plays into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.

Students on the team, led by senior Dave Gardner, provided the governor with an inside look at the program and the group's most recent robot.

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This year, the team's robot will compete in "Ultimate Ascent," which will involve teams (alliances) of three robots that will compete to score as many discs in their goals as they can during a two-minute-15-second match. Students will have to steer their robot, which will shoot Frisbee discs into the air and into their goals.

During the first week of January, students receive the rules of the game, the parameters and ultimately their overall mission. The team is given six weeks to design,At her new home, the cat Twiggy plumped up, thanks, in part, to a love of cat treats ... The cat hopped up in the China undercarriage parts of Dr. Pray's truck. build and bag their robot in order for it to be ready for competition, Knight said.