Wednesday, March 8th, Central Tech in Drumright put on their annual STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) Day. Kellyville students in both junior high and high school participated in all areas of the day.
Related: Check out the photos from Central Tech STEM Day.
The sections for the day were the following:
- Pirates’ Escape: Build a raft that can withstand as many pennies as possible without sinking.
- Long Distance Glider: Build a glider within the given measurements that can go the farthest (distance will be divided by mass)
- Scientific Problem Solving: Answer a scientific lab properly and correctly.
- 7th grade math
- 8th grade math
- Algebra 1
- Algebra 2
- Advanced Math
All of the math divisions were not allowed to use calculators, and students needed to be currently enrolled in the class to participate.
Overall, Kellyville took home 3rd place in both high school and junior high levels. With a total of nearly six hundred students competing at Tech, no other school took home something from both levels.
The following students received medals for their efforts:
- 8th Grade Scientific Problem Solving: Sarah Thompson and Jeremy Hicks, 1st place
- 8th Grade Scientific Problem Solving: Clarissa Brothers and Madison Riley, 2nd place
- High School Scientific Problem Solving: Juniors Asia Lay and Aubrey Wilson, 1st place
- High School Scientific Problem Solving: Senior Eli Smith and Noure Edmiston, 3rd place
- High School Long Distance Glider: Sophomore Lucas Jones and Junior Walker Vernon, 3rd place
In order to determine who would be on what team, every student in a science or math class competed in a school wide STEM Day just a couple of weeks prior.
They participated in the same competitions with slightly different materials and questions. The school’s STEM Day was in February.
For a whole week, students practiced their raft building skills, crafted a glider from anything they could find (with the exception of rubber bands or electric motors), and tried their hand at solving problems. Math students were given tests over the material in their division, the highest receiving a spot on the team.
Mr. Roger McDougal was the coordinator for the school STEM Day and led the students in their participation at Central Tech. Because he was unaware of the exact materials that were allowed and what kind of question would require answering, he had to create his own.
From what was gathered, Mr. McDougal did a specta
cular job preparing his students. All of them agreed that the school STEM Day was a decent practice for the real thing, and all of them scored some points for the team.
Congratulations on your achievements, Kellyville!
