Smith Superstars Science Blog
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- Group 4 planning
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- Group 2 Planning
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- Group 1 planning
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- Group 3 planning
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- Group 8 planning
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- Mrs. Rausch with Group 7
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- Group 6 planning
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- Lots of collaboration
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- Lots of items to choose from
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- Ideas are coming fast and furious!
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- Project emerging from the ground level.
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- This is going to go far!
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- This moves fast!
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- Working together
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- Elaborate Design
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- Getting off the ground.
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- Almost ready
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- Almost there
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- Checking out the results.
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- Explanation from a leader.
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- Fine tuning
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- In the nick of time – a working machine!
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- More ideas.
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- More modifications.
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- Practicing with the ball.
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- Students having too much fun.
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- Testing again.
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- Testing spinning action!
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- This arm really moves.
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- This is going to be amazing!
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- This is going to work great.
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- This makes it all worth it!
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- Watch this!
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- Wonder how these weights might work.
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- Wow! Look at this!
This is the start for our Smith science blog. It starts today with some superstar visits from the Technology Student Association led by teacher Kristen Rausch. Our high school visitors worked on an event from the Science Olympiad program (http://soinc.org/) and we are giving credit to this program for their orginal ideas and work. We worked on Ready, Aim, Fire – an engineering launching project that works like a trebuchet or catapault. Thank you TSA for your visit. I think that the high school students had as much fun as the 5th graders!
April 4th, 2012 at 5:16 pm
Here is an update about the students from TSA that went to State and are going to Nationals in Nashville.
Twenty-two TSA (Technology Student Association) members traveled to Waco to compete at State in a variety of STEM events. There were over 500 schools from all over Texas and our kids had another outstanding showing. Ten LCHS students qualified to go to Nationals and we were awarded Chapter Excellence as well. Full results are below!
Chapter Excellence:
Awarded each year to a single chapter. Chapters are selected by all the others in the state and the Board of Directors. It is TSA’s highest honor. We will also receive recognition for this at Nationals as well.
Animatronics:
2nd Place: Jhangir Awan, Zachary Hebert, Chris Lai, Carl Bennett, and Kevin Esswein
Debating Technological Issues:
1st Place: Drew Heugel & Jolea Nealy
Extemporaneous Speech:
1st Place: Drew Heugel
Future Technology Teacher:
7th Place: Rachel Tankersley
Prepared Presentation:
5th Place: Drew Heugel
Structural Engineering:
6th Place: Thomas Reynolds & Erick Chow
System Control:
4th Place: Jhangir Awan, Carl Bennett, and Kevin Esswein
Transportation Modeling:
8th Place: Erick Chow
Webmaster:
9th Place: Carl Bennett, Chris Lai, Jhangir Awan