Escambia County Middle Schoolers Compete in First Annual STEM Showdown

Escambia County, FL (Newsradio 92.3) -- Escambia County middle school students put their classroom skills to the test Saturday at the first annual ECPS STEM Showdown. Teams from six schools including Bellview, Beulah, Brown Barge, Ferry Pass, and Cordova Park competed in engineering, physics, chemistry, and robotics challenges designed around actual grade-level curriculum. Sixth graders built towers out of straws and tape, seventh graders navigated a wave maze, and eighth graders identified mystery substances in a chemistry lab. A robotics competition featured autonomous robots completing tasks without any human control. Organizers say the event is about turning classroom learning into real-world problem solving.