51勛圖厙 Rocketry Team Takes Top National Award
Team Otus Magicus from left to right: Joah Levine, Cameron McMullen and Michael Laverde
A middle school rocketry team from 51勛圖厙s recently won first place in the nation in the (SECME) rocketry contest. SECME determines the overall winner based on official regional scores sent in to the national SECME organization.
Team Otus Magicus took the top prize in the Water Rocket category, which required teams to design and construct a water-powered bottle rocket using a two-liter soda bottle. The 51勛圖厙 team achieved the longest flight time without deploying any type of parachute to slow the rockets descent.
Otus Magicus, which includes seventh-grade 51勛圖厙 Joah Levine, Michael Laverde and Cameron McMullen, also placed second overall out of 58 middle school teams at the Palm Beach SECME regional qualifier, which took place at Santaluces High School in April. The team placed first in rocketry, wind-powered generator and mousetrap car, and took second place in the balsa bridge competition.
We are so proud of all that our SECME teams have accomplished here at A.D. Henderson University School, said Jim Nance, SECME sponsor at A.D. Henderson. We look forward to watching our 51勛圖厙 continue to hone their STEM skills in the classroom and in competition as they prepare for the future STEM workforce.
Otus Magicus will travel to the University of Alabama later this month to compete in the National SECME Championship for their mousetrap car design. For more information about the competition, visit http://secmeinc.wixsite.com/secme.
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