The Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision made its debut at the Hood this
year, many thanks go to Mr. Cassell at the Batch for meeting with me
last summer to assist in bringing it to fruition. The science
competition "encourages K-12 students to imagine what technology might
be like in the future".
We had three 4th grader teams with Mrs. Gorman as
our coach. Each team had a mentor with 3-4 students per team. Team one
was mentored by Colleen Menis along with Kim Wyatt as co-mentor. The
students were Parker Menis, Eddie Wei (Mom-Shelley/Xiongwen Pan), Justin
Wildman (Mom-Michelle Wildman) and Peter Wyatt.
Team two was mentored by Dana Rudolph with students
Elizabeth Kelly (Mom-Amy Kelly), Sunil Kumar (Mom-Lorraine McGee),
Jordan Rudolph (Mom-Helen Maynard), and Shannon Alley (Mom-Lynn Alley).
Team three was mentored by me along with Chris Butler and
Jerrilyn Rinaldi. The students were Garrett Butler, Trent Lee and Nick
Rinaldi.
After 3.5 months of group meetings and hard work to
invent "the intelliPlate", "the Strep Sucker" and "Fitpalz", the three
teams were awarded Honorable Mention on May 8 by representatives of
Toshiba, Mr. Dave Bornstein and Mr. Capalupo. The students and
parents have learned many valuable lessons such as team work, research
and pure creativity.
We hope that ExploraVision will be part of the Hood
community going forward. Thank you Mr. McKay and Mrs. Gorman for your
support!
My apologies if I've inadvertently left out anyone or make any mistakes with the names, etc...
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