Quaker Valley School District Teams Compete In Virtual STEM Design Challenge Event

Sewickley PA

16 April, 2022

4:57 PM

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Press release from Quaker Valley School District: April 14, 2022 Fifth-grade teams from Osborne and Edgeworth Elementary Schools participated in the annual STEM Design Challenge event. Students from school districts throughout the region competed in this virtual event on April 12, 2022, sponsored by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. Each team was challenged to develop an improved transportation system that created a safer, healthier, and cleaner world. Each team had to submit the following project components: a prototype blueprint, a design notebook, pictures of their prototype, and a two-minute presentation. Thermo Fisher Scientific scored prototypes and project components, and awards were distributed to the three highest-scoring teams. Congratulations to all of our Quaker Valley STEM Designers! The following QV students participated in the STEM Design Challenge: Car-Bike Team: Ruby May, Giulia DiCicco, & Gracie Johnson The Upway Subway Reimagined Team: Henry Howard, Bobby Riordan, Gavin Kahrs, & Harris Miller Solar Powered Train Team: Abby Molchen, Dilan Hoagland, & Ellie Ravenstahl "The Troat" (Truck + Boat) Team: Henry Topol, Lily McClain, Oliver Zutter, and Nathan Grabia Students from school districts throughout the region competed in this virtual event on April 12, 2022, sponsored by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. Each team was challenged to develop an improved transportation system that created a safer, healthier, and cleaner world. Each team had to submit the following project components: a prototype blueprint, a design notebook, pictures of their prototype, and a two-minute presentation. Thermo Fisher Scientific scored prototypes and project components, and awards were distributed to the three highest-scoring teams. Congratulations to all of our Quaker Valley STEM Designers! The following QV students participated in the STEM Design Challenge: Car-Bike Team: Ruby May, Giulia DiCicco, & Gracie Johnson The Upway Subway Reimagined Team: Henry Howard, Bobby Riordan, Gavin Kahrs, & Harris Miller Solar Powered Train Team: Abby Molchen, Dilan Hoagland, & Ellie Ravenstahl "The Troat" (Truck + Boat) Team: Henry Topol, Lily McClain, Oliver Zutter, and Nathan Grabiak This press release was produced by Quaker Valley School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.