Benjamin Students Win South Florida Engineering Competition

Sixth graders Ellie Bickel, Tyler Kelly and Addie Vining won first place in the Thrill It! Category of the Engineer It! Competition at the South Florida Science Center on March 10. The team designed and built a roller coaster marble run that earned more than double the points earned by the second place winner. The coaster was judged based on run time, technical merit, theme and vertical loops.

Fifth graders Hanna Soffan and Ella McDermott won first place in the elementary aged Thrill It! Competition for their rollercoaster “Journey to Mars.” Lower School Science Coordinator Susan Bickel says the students have been working after school and on weekends for over a month on their projects.

“It's really a tremendous accomplishment,” Bickel says.

The annual engineering design competition for students in grades 1-12 was hosted by the Florida Engineering Society and the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium.



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