Fifth grade teams from Osborne and Edgeworth Elementary Schools participated in the annual STEM Design Challenge event on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Students from school districts throughout the region competed in this event sponsored by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit.
Each team was challenged to research environmental issues, identify one to address, and build a prototype of a solution to that problem using only K’Nex. They were required to share a blueprint of their prototype and a design notebook; they also had to give a 2-minute presentation. Judges from Thermo Fisher Scientific scored prototypes and project components, and awards were distributed to the three highest-scoring teams in each division.
Congratulations to both Osborne teams, who scored in second and third place out of 23 total teams in grades 4-5!
Congratulations to all of our Quaker Valley STEM Designers!
The following QV students participated in the STEM Design Challenge:
“The MECK (Machine of Epic Cool K’Nex)” (Water Pollution):
Violet Baird, Claire Jubeck, Owen Weisberg, & Markus Yancheski
2nd Place (Grades 4-5)
“The Garyinator 3000” (Water Pollution):
Eli Abraham, Eric Dai, Catherine Henry, & Logan Monyok
3rd Place (Grades 4-5)