Congratulations to Steff T. (Sandwich)and Jake J. (Sandwich) for their efforts at the 2010 IDEA State Competition. Steff took 2nd place in the Architectural - Board divsion while Jake took 1st place in the Machine - Board division. To qualify for the state competition each participant must place 1st or 2nd at a regional competition which was held at the beginning of March.
My favorite project this year was launching 2-liter bottle rockets. We were challenged to build and design a rocket out of a 2-liter bottle. We were tested on three different categories: how high the rocket goes, how close it landed to the launch pad, and how much time it took the rocket to hit its peak until it lands on the ground. The rocket was also being graded on craftsmanship and the decorative theme. The class got one week in class time to build the rocket. We could use whatever material we could think of to build/design the rocket. The rockets were launched using water and air compression. Most of the students used a garbage bag to act as a parachute so the rocket would go down slower and increase their time. In the AM classes the top scorers were; Altitude: Steff with 134’6” Distance from launch pad: Zach with 16’ 6” Time of decent: Austin with 8.16 seconds The PM classes top scorers were; Altitude: Corey with 78’ Distance from launch pad: Tim with 21’ 10” Time of decent: Levi with 4.07s This was one of my favorite projects this year because we got to use anything we wanted to use to compete with our fellow classmates and had fun with it.
