Monsanto awards grant to Redwood Valley robotics program

Students at Redwood Valley High School have continued to find external support as they use robots to build skills in science and engineering.

The Monsanto Fund recently awarded a $5,000 grant to the Wingnuts robotics team to support its FIRST Robotics activities and encourage students who participate in the program. Employees from the local Monsanto site invited Redwood Area Community Education to apply for the grant in September.

The Wingnuts will use support from the Monsanto Fund grant to participate in FIRST robotics and its educational programs and competitions. FIRST challenges teams of students to design, build and program their own robots. Those robots then perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors – immersing young students in real-world engineering experiences.

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