PINEHURST — One person’s trash is another person’s junk bot.
Using their imagination, creativity, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) skills, 20 students from both Pinehurst Elementary School and Kellogg Middle School worked with their families to create “junk bots” during last month’s STEM night.
Held in Pinehurst Elementary’s new Think, Make, Create (TMC) Lab, the junk bots are made by students with recycled materials like plastic bottles and cardboard tubes.
The lab itself is a mobile makerspace — which basically means that it is highly portable and can be used in a diverse amount of places and ways.
The night of science fun was made possible thanks to the combined efforts of the PES and Kellogg Middle School after-school programs. All attendees had the opportunity…
