Posted: Feb 22, 2013 5:10 PM by Morgan Frances -
firstname.lastname@example.org Updated: Feb 22, 2013 5:42 PM
CORPUS CHRISTI - Moody High School students participated in a
competition today called the "Engineering Olympics." The
competition took innovation, brain power, and a whole lot of
patience. Students were given the tools and the technology but
the imagination and innovation was up to them. The teens spent
the whole day completely constructing and fine tuning cardboard
boats, chariots and race cars out of just zip ties, DVDs, wheels
and wood. Competition organizers gave the students some unlikely
materials to work with and the students had to come up with a
design in hopes that their device would have what it takes to
win this year's Engineering Olympics. With just some simple
tools, the Moody kids feel almost like they're reinventing the
wheel; but some other teams almost felt like they were breaking
it after building attempts fell short. The dean for STEM
Instruction and Student Services, Tina Delling