Students from Prodell Middle School recently participated in the 23rd annual Middle School Magnetic Levitation Contest sponsored by Brookhaven National Laboratory.
In preparation for the contest, students in Karen Peterson’s eighth-grade technology classes designed and built their own vehicles, supported and propelled by magnetic fields. To be successful in the BNL contest, the vehicles were required to travel 16 feet on a cushion of air.
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Out of the 182 Prodell students who participated in the project, 15 were chosen to advance to the BNL competition. Five of these students placed at the competition in their respective categories:
Self-Propelled
Nic Cusano (1st Place)
Anthony Lynch
Emma Pase
Electrified Track
Jaret Acer
Jack Higgins
Wind Power
Sebastian Rodreguiz
Gravity
Colin Flannery (2nd Place)
Appearance
Shannon Dowd
Nicole Flynn
Kristi Granzen
Meghan Groskoph (2nd Place)
Ann Marie Guli
Emily Korzekwinski
Mitchell LaShier (2nd Place)
Hannah Montenegro (2nd Place)
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