Members of the Ector County ISD board of trustees toured a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) lab which was funded by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation and the Permian Strategic Partnership at Ireland Elementary School on Thursday morning. Students in a second grade math class used a device nicknamed the bee bot coder to identify and learn fractions.
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Alonso Olivas, a second grade student at Ireland Elementary School reaches for a bee bot coder on Thursday morning during a STEM lab exercise. (B Kay Richter/Odessa American)

Members of the Ector County ISD board of trustees toured a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) lab which was funded by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation and the Permian Strategic Partnership at Ireland Elementary School on Thursday morning. (B Kay Richter/Odessa American)

Noah Moreno, Pazlyn Ross and Jayce Crenshaw explore fractions during a STEM lab session at Ireland Elementary School on Thursday morning. The second grade students and their class were part of a STEM lab which was recently funded by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation and the Permian Strategic Partnership. (B Kay Richter/Odessa American)

Members of the Ector County ISD board of trustees toured a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) lab which was funded by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation and the Permian Strategic Partnership at Ireland Elementary School on Thursday morning. (B Kay Richter/Odessa American)

A code machine nicknamed the Bee Bot Coder helps second grade students at Ireland Elementary School learn fractions and coding on Thursday morning. The STEM lab was recently funded by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation and the Permian Strategic Partnership. (B Kay Richter/Odessa American)

Members of the Ector County ISD board of trustees toured a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) lab which was funded by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation and the Permian Strategic Partnership at Ireland Elementary School on Thursday morning. (B Kay Richter/Odessa American)