Every Lubbock ISD Middle School participated in the Texas Tech University STEM Challenge today [Friday] at Coronado High School. Each team, comprised of three to four middle school students, a teacher/coach and a Texas Tech University undergraduate student, has been working throughout the week to construct a hovercraft. Supplies provided included three leaf blowers, plywood, 6 ml plastic sheeting, duct tape and hundreds of feet of electrical cords. Several days of reviewing laws of physics and testing prototypes ended with the final challenge today. Students rode the hovercraft in a relay style race to determine the two fastest hovercrafts.
The finals included a team from Evans Middle School, comprised of students Cameron Davis, Reilly Ledbetter, Emily Moore, Abbey More lock and coached by Nathan Haltom, and a team from OL Slaton. The OL Slaton team won the final challenge with a three-person team of Anthony Cox, RJ Cunningtubby and Victoria Quintana. They were coached by Travis Sharp.
(News release from Lubbock ISD)
