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Page 2C The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net March 28, 2012 regional Left to right, Alyssa Newton, Grace Whitaker, Breanna Webb, Vega Weston, Simon West, Tristan Stenger, Triston Hannon; and second row, Dawn Hicks and Thomas Hicks are winners in Grover's CyberKids Robotics team. } The Grover RoboStars won first place overall in the recent Cleveland County Schools, Cy- berKids Robotics Tourna- ment. The team will advance with six others from the district to the re- _ gionals at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory on April 21. The CyberKids Robot- ics Competition Program is a hands-on learning ex- perience for children in grades four through nine. In the competition, chil- dren learn team work and polish their skills in math, science, computer pro- gramming and critical thinking to design and build a robot that com- pletes required missions. Each team writes com- puter programs to make their robot complete the missions. Teams earn points based on how their robot successfully finishes the tasks in two-and-a-half minutes. CyberKids Robotics, a non-profit education com- pany dedicated to improv- ing the STEM education of students in the Caroli- nas and Virginia, provides all computers, software and robotics equipment used. A CyberKids coach brings all required com- puter and robotics equip- ment to schools for practice sessions each month. In the sessions, students learn how to de- sign, build and program their competition robots. Each team conducts re- search on a topic that is special to each annual competition. After the re- search is complete, the team creates a special presentation to present to a ‘panel of judges at the com- Grover RoboStars advancing to competition in robotics petition. Also advancing with the Grover RoboStars are ° the Fallston RoboDogs, who finished first in team- ‘work; Shelby Intermedi- ate's Juice Botz, which finished first in project presentation; Shelby Inter- mediate's Peanuts, which finished first in robot per- formance; Burns Middle's RoboPros, which finished © second overall; and Shelby + Cyber- = bananas, which finished ’: third overall. The two Intermediate's teams, which did not ad- vance, were Burns Mid- dle's Android Storm and Shelby Intermediate's Jig- gly Udders. Grover's team consisted of eight fourth graders and was led by the school's AIG teacher Dawn Hicks. -° The team won overall with - 153 points. Fair inventions at North North Elementary's fourth grade reading AIG students recently studied inventors and inventions and then joined the rank of Thomas Edisons in a dents were challenged to become in- ventors. They were asked to think of a prob- lem in their daily lives and to come up with an invention that would solve their problem. After two months of research on various inventions and inventors, the students put on an inventor's fair to show off their new inventions. fair. As part of this unit of study, stu- Rexen Venevongsoth, Tracy Stewart, and Jasmyn Adams look on as Jacob Cox explains his invention. Contributed photos Top: Jada Spaulding, Mary Robinson, and Rexen Venevong- soth stand with their inventions. Bottom: Savanna Briggs and Shane Szathmary stand with their inventions, STOP BACK PAIN REET H g from any of the following? * Sprains/strains Eo Back Pain * Neck Pain * Arm/hand pain * Headaches « Hip/leg pain * Muscle Spasms * Numbness/ftingling ~~ ¢ Dizziness 5 71 Complete Chiropractic © I First Visit FREE | 1 (includes consultation, 1 examination, & x-rays) Dr. George W. 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CRMC Women’s Life Center Conference Room For first time grandparents, insights into what to expect with the new grandchild. To register, please call 980-487-3983. : Life as a Suicide Survivor April 24 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 po. Cleveland County Library Conference Room 104 Howie Drive : This program is for anyone who has suffered the loss of someone close to them by the taking of their own life. Diabetes Wellness & Resource Group April 26 5:30 p.m. CRMC Auditorium “Protecting Your Nervous System From Diabetes” discussion led by Carolina Neurology. For more information, please call 980-487-3953. Daddy Boot Camp April 30 6 — 9 pm Dad lead training for expectant fathers Women’s Life Center Conference Room It allows man to man discussion with the opportunity to hear experiences and gain insight from recently new fathers and get helpful hints from facilitators. Fee: $10 For more information, please call 980-487-3887 and 980- 487-3983 to register. < www.clevelandcountyhealthcaresystem.org 2 Cleveland County HealthCare System | PROGRAMS TO HELP YOU BUILD A HEALTHIER LIFE APRIL 2012 xT
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