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| 20120211 LBST Gotta Regatta at SDPBC Elementary SECME District Olympiad |
The SECME program for the School District of Palm Beach County hosted its engineering Olympiad for elementary school children on Saturday, February 11th. In addition to students bringing and testing their previously constructed projects with them, such as launching water rockets and racing mousetrap powered cars, during the lunch Seminole SECME hosted a special on-site "Let's Build Something Together" challenge for them. Last year, it was the Design Squad pop-fly challenge. This year, it is the Gotta Regatta Raingutter Race. We challenged 51 teams of nearly seven hundred students to make the fastest ferry for a Ping-Pong passenger! Design and build a boat that travels across a container of water.
Gotta Regatta is adapted the Design Squad "Watercraft" and "Paddle Power" activities.
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/resources/watercraft.html
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/resources/paddle_power.html
Thank you to our first-mate sponsors Lowe's Home Improvement store #1962, the Marine Industries Association of Palm Beach County, and the Hawks of Seminole Ridge SECME: Captain Caitlin Miller, Kristen Cousins, Raychell Harris, and Ronit Liberman!
