EF elementary students show off robotics skills

At the Hands-on Science Showdown, from left, are James Martin, Miles Mull, Allison Swartzlander, and Macie Mclaughlin, all of Greenock Elementary and Buena Vista Elementary in the Elizabeth Forward School District.

By JOHN RECTENWALD

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A select group of Elizabeth Forward elementary students demonstrated their robotics knowledge for more than 2,000 students from all over the Pittsburgh area last week. Thirteen fourth- and fifth-graders, six robots, three elementary robotics teachers and one gifted teacher rode a bus from EF’s middle school to Wednesday’s Hands-on Science Showdown in downtown Pittsburgh.

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