Inland Valley students prepare their robotics creations

 Enthusiastic students throughout the Inland Valley have been participating in a robotics competition that will culminate in a demonstrations competition on April 18 at 10:45 a.m. at Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga - Campus Center West in the student cafeteria. 

Trophies will be awarded for the first-, second-, and third-place teams and all team members will receive a robotics medal.

Students from Banyan Elementary School, Canyon Hills, Magnolia, Pioneer, Townsend, and Upland Junior Highs, Cucamonga Middle School, Chino and Chino Hills High Schools as well as Colony, Don Lugo, Fontana, and Glendora High Schools have been discovering the fun of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in this challenging robotics competition. 

The 70 students have worked as teams on Saturdays, March 28 - April 11, to build and program VEX Robotics Kits, provided by Chaffey College School of Mathematics and Science. 

The goal of the Robotics Competition is to inspire students' interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through participation in a fun, engineering based robotics competition.

The three finalist teams of the robotics competition will demonstrate their creations at the West End Career Technical Education Conference on May 9 at the Ontario Convention Center all day from 8a.m -3 p.m.  During lunch, all teams will be invited to show their robots and receive recognition and another prize, a 1G computer jump drive in the shape of a robot.

The West End Career Technical Education Conference is a free, two day event to enrich student competency and inspire students toward careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.  For conference registration, log on to www.chaffey.edu/econ_dev/cte or contact Yvonne Morris, (909) 652-7779.  

Educators are encouraged to attend May 8 and May 9.  Students, parents, employers and the community are invited to attend the interactive learning sessions and robotics demonstrations on May 9.