Competition is fierce, as 42 high school girls make-up the Bronx High School Robotics team, The Fe Maidens (pronounced “Iron Maidens”) and compete to win. These girls have discovered that they can get their hands dirty and take-on STEM-related challenges, competing “neck and neck” with boys, despite consistent messages that say, “you’re pretty good- for […]

The House on Tuesday approved a resolution that establishes an annual competition for students around the country in science, technology, engineering and math, the so-called STEM fields.  Link>>

Last weekend and this weekend are the 2011 BEST Robotics competitions across the nation. BEST Robotics is a high school robotics competition designed to inspire students to pursue careers in STEM through participation in a sports-like science and engineering based robotics competition.