Girls from Gilbert schools practice tech skills building Olympic-themed parade floats

More than 100 female students in Gilbert are showing what they can create using STEM programs including science, technology, engineering and mathematics.They're using computer science and engineering skills to create Olympic-themed parade floats."We bring 180 girls from 39 of our schools," Shawn Abele, Gilbert Public Schools Instructional Technology Coordinator said. "Students are in grades five through 12"Each group has a task to build an Olympic parade float.

"We're just trying to make a float," student Samantha Carriere said. "We're actually assigned to the base section of the float. So we're programming the wheels to go in the direction they need to go,"Carriere runs the STEM group at her high school so the event is very exciting for her."It's super cool. We get the opportunity to meet so many new girls that are all interested in the same thing," Carriere said.The group is not just building floats.

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