SCIENCE STINGERS
Murphy robotics team comes in second
By Joan Bilbo CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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THE THINKERS: Marina Gladson, Kelli Kleckner, Brittany Goolsby and Victoria Schutte presented their research on energy sources to a panel of professors. |
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A team, composed of students from grades 5-8 at Murphy Adventist Christian School, competed in the Adventists Robotics League at Southern Adventist University in Tennessee. Part of the team researched current sources of energy, plus evaluated a public building for its energy efficiency, and then at the competition presented their findings to a panel of professors. The other part of the team built a robot and programmed it to perform required movements on a challenge mat centered on energy sources. The team, called the Stingers, returned with two second place awards: one award was for teamwork and the other was for programming.
The teams were coached by Pastor Don Yancheson of the Andrews/Murphy Seventh-day Adventist Churches and Philip Schmehl, an employee of MOOG Industries. The complete team was composed of Marina Gladson, Scot Brunner, Kelli Kleckner, Victoria Schutte, Elizabeth Schutte, Brittany Goolsby, and Jonathan Stephens.
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ROBO TIME: Victoria Schutte, Jonathan Stephens and Scot Brunner are at the competition table. |
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Three teams were formed in MACS's 5-8 classroom for a local competition; the teams competed for monetary awards. The team to walk off with the most points and the most money was composed of Elizabeth Schutte, a fifth grader, and Jonathan Stephens, an eighth grader.
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