Robots: Activate: How robotics programs can pack a punch for STEM skills.

The article recounts the partnership between Jill Merkle, library media specialist at Greensview Elementary in Upper Arlington, Ohio, and Kristen Pavlasek, a teacher at Greensview Elementary to create a battle bot competition for all 4th graders at the school to improve science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills. Topics include the events in the weeklong program, background on the Greensview Elementary, and the grant received by Merkle to purchase 12 Sphero SPRK+ robots.