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| Eight of the DDMS Gifted students participated in the regional STEM K*Nex
competition held at the NCC Monroe Campus on Friday March 3rd. Students had to
build and design an amusement park ride that was also powered by a green
technology and to track and keep a budget of the pieces that were used. DDMS
students began work in late January, submitting designs to teachers, Rachel
Goldstein and Anthony Comunale where two teams of four were chosen out of the
fourteen Gifted students that submitted designs. One team, with eighth graders
Alice Cauchi, Devin Brophy, and Connor LaMarca, and sixth-grader John Nagy,
presented the Tilt-A-Hurl, a centifurge ride powered by the wind. The second
team, with seventh-graders Taino Rivera and Toby Shedd, and sixth-graders, James
Zayatz and Aracelia Denhalter, created the Mean Green Sightseeing Machine, a
large tower that allows visitors to see amazing vistas from the ride, powered by
solar panels. The students worked very hard despite snow day setbacks and
getting a late start to the designs but are now just awaiting results from the
Intermediate Unit who sponsored the event. | |
