Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) teams from George A. Smith Middle School and Swift Middle School registered top finishes in the 2018-19 STEM Student Competition.
The STEM Competition involved identifying and creating a STEM solution for students' communities, such as something that affects their neighborhood, housing development, municipality, or township, like an issue with infrastructure. Each team had to create an innovation and build a model of it. They then had to create a video demonstrating their prototype and explaining how STEM and the Engineering-Design Process were incorporated into the project.
Members of a team from George A. Smith Middle School included Holly Grube, Graydon Schlagnhaufer, Droc Jones, and Jacob Trimble. They placed second in the seventh- to ninth-grade division. Each team member was to receive a gift card and a certificate from the IU 13.
The Smith team's innovation, called Cradle Floor T-20, was designed to help lessen the impact of injuries that elderly people may sustain in falls.
Swift Middle School's team of Brianna Dale, Ben Williams, Owen Underwood, and Brady Janssen placed third in the seventh- to ninth-grade division. They were each slated to receive a gift card and a certificate from the IU 13.
The Swift team came up with The Accident Eliminator, a sensor-and-light system for stop lights or stop signs designed to prevent vehicles from entering a blind intersection when a car is approaching.
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