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Pair with city's middle-school students Teresa Herbert, News Office MIT staff members have been working with middle-school students in Gloucester this summer to raise their interest in science and engineering as part of a program that could be implemented in communities across the country. Building robotic insects out of LEGO® pieces, creating solar-powered devices and working with underwater robots are a few of the science and engineering projects that 20 Gloucester Public School District students are working on as part of the pilot summer scholarship program that the MIT Edgerton Center is leading in partnership with the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center (GMHC). "Our programs are designed to teach important concepts in science and engineering by means of engaging and inspiring hands-on activities," said Kim Vandiver,... [read full story]
