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SARASOTA – With a few taps of her finger on an iPad, St. Martha Catholic School sixth-grader Emily Scarbrough sent a robot on a series of preprogrammed tasks that included knocking down a bench and raising the height of a basketball hoop.
That was all part of a student demonstration on Wednesday as the Diocese of Venice unveiled a new partnership with FIRST, a global robotics community. The alliance is anticipated to enhance the level of Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Arts and Math education in the 15 Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Venice.
Emily, 12, and other students used block-based code to direct the robots to perform their tasks. ....

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