Fifth and sixth grade teams from the Middle School and Osborne and Edgeworth Elementary Schools participated in the annual STEM Design Challenge event on Thursday, April 3rd, 2025. Students from school districts throughout the region competed in this event sponsored by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit.
In this year’s challenge, elementary and middle school students focused on Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure by designing a prototype that addresses a real-world problem related to infrastructure, transportation, or urban development. The goal was to inspire students to think about how cities, roads, bridges, and systems can be built or improved to be more efficient, sustainable, and accessible. Each team had 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 the Edgeworth team, who scored in second place, and the Osborne team, who scored in first place, out of 12 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:
Quaker Valley Middle School
- “Think Green Delivery” Charlotte Sinclair, Hannah Yocca, and Francesca Zeiders
Edgeworth Elementary
- “The North Hills Express”: Ben Moyer, Parker Eldridge, Lochlan Molchen, and Jake Hatton - 2nd Place (Grades 4-5)
Osborne Elementary
- "The Helper" Calvin Baird, Ethan Belowich, Grant Faulkner, and Johan Seidensticker
- "Solar-Powered Charging Station" Elizabeth Hartman, Violet Scalzi, Lily Seidensticker, and Vivienne Sousa - 1st Place (Grades 4-5)