CFWT Mini-Grants for Teachers Story: New Deal

A New Deal Elementary 2-4 grade teacher purchased supplies for the Texas Tech University Robotics Competition with a Mini-Grant for Teachers from the Community Foundation of West Texas. For the competition, students built a robot with attachable pieces to accomplish a task such as scoop or pick up. Students then wrote a code to tell the robot how to move.

The teacher said, “Each student, through trial and error, found their niche in the teams' process.” Due to COVID-19, the competition took place digitally over Zoom. Though some students became frustrated with the process, the team successfully created a working robot and received all the points they attempted with no deductions.

To donate to the Community Foundation of West Texas and help other teachers incorporate new learning opportunities for children, please click the following link: www.cfwtx.org/give-now.