Clarendon Junior High GT students are participating in the GEAR (Get Excited About Robotics) program.
The GEAR program is coordinated by Texas Tech University School of Engineering. Students are given a series of tasks related to robotics and medicine. Their challenge is to build a robot and program it to complete as many tasks as possible in a two-minute time period.
The mission of the GEAR program is to provide an exciting hands-on LEGO robotics challenge to elementary and middle school students with the goal of increasing interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) disciplines and improving retention of engineering undergraduate students at Texas Tech. More than 30 schools on the South Plains are participating in the program.
Clarendon is one of two Panhandle schools participating in the program.
Students participated in a Practice Run Event at the Texas Tech Recreational Center on March 23, 2013. Their actual competition day is April 20. The team is led by CJH science teacher Kamy Whatley.
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