The 27th annual Drop it, Build it, Fly it, Launch it, Thrill it Engineering Competition was held Saturday, March 9 at the South Florida Science Museum. More then 300 kids from elementary to high school competed for $4,000 in cash prizes in five different design contests: built bridges, protection for eggs, paper airplanes, model rockets and roller coasters. The competition was judged by the
Florida Engineering Society.
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| Cody Summerlin talking with Royal Palm Beach HS SECME students before the Launch It water rocket contest |
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| Summerlin's rocket Osprey on the launch pad |
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| Congratulations to Lily Landstrom - for the second year in a row, she designed the grand prize winning perfect egg container to protect an egg from a 3-story drop! Her egg drop container, "Mr. Pickle" weighed 16.9 grams without the egg, and survived two falls, one from 25 feet and one from 50 feet. |
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| Mr. Pickle presented for registration |
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| Mr. Pickle returned after the 25 foot drop |
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| Judges inspect egg for cracks after first drop from 25 feet |
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Second drop from 50 feet high
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Mr. Pickle -- no breaks for nobody! (and Lily is all smiles about it).
2013 winners of "Drop It", elementary school category with Doctor SciFun at the South Florida Science Museum
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Grand prize winner of $100 in elementary school egg drop
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