By: Monika Spaulding
The Bradie Shrum Science Bowl Team found out Friday that they are the state runner-up team with a score of 103. The winning team received a score of 104.5.
“I am proud of this group,” said Bev Sweeney, who is the team’s sponsor. “They worked so well together.”
Team members are: Cash Gettlefinger, Hayden Humphrey, Ava Maudlin, John McBarron and Noah Redden.
Sweeney said Science Bowl is a state competition that is open to Indiana Elementary Schools for grades 4 -6. Salem’s team was selected based on scores in NWEA.
This year’s competition was based on Life Science. It involved a one-day online competition. Sweeney said scores automatically go to the state and then are tabulated the next day.
“Students completed an experiment given to us by IASP,” she said. “They collected data and studied the results using a control. One portion of the competition was about the experiment.”
She said the students were also given articles to read and practice questions and vocabulary to memorize. Another portion was a team round and the third portion was an individual round. Only four students compete in the individual round.
“This group did an excellent job reading and discussing the questions during the competition and discussing the answers they thought were correct,” said Sweeney. “They studied the information and were prepared.”
There were 90 schools that participated this year, with 16 being in Salem’s class or division.
Sweeney has been doing Science Bowl since 2006.
All 4-H members in Washington County are invited to attend the FIRST EVER all county 4-H meeting!
March 13 at 6:00 PM
West Washington Elementary School Cafeteria
Meeting Highlights will be, 4-H Educator Taylor Chastain will present a hands-on STEM activity at the meeting and go over the 2023-2024 4-H handbooks.
Snacks and drinks will also be provided
The robotics team at Eastern Washington Middle School is called the Digital Dragons. This talented team builds and designs their own robotic creations. They compete with other schools on a game platform to pick up blocks and places them in containers on three of the corners on a 6 ft. x 8 ft. boxed-in area.
The 5th thorough 8th grades have teams of either four or five members. There are two drivers that steer the robots with a hand-held control; tag team after the first driver gets thirty seconds. They have five seconds for the hand-off to the other team driver. There are at least two students who are builders and two students who are drivers. Their robots can also be programmed by computer to run the course themselves.
The blocks picked up count as points and count more when all like blocks are placed in the same corner bin. The Digital Dragons the sixth graders won the Excellence Award this year at Immanuel Lutheran School in Seymour to qualify for a trip to state finals at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on March 23.
Last year the 7th grade team, Outside the Box, qualified for the Indiana State Competition by winning the Excellence Award. This team was also was invited to participate at the World’s Competition in Dallas, Texas.
Vex IQ Robotics equipment is used. Material to build a robot costs about $600; field or platform is $330 and the elements are $134.00. Elements change every year requiring the students to redesign the robots.
The teacher for this after school event is Rosa Snapp.
Practice is Monday thorough Thursday, with different grades practicing on different days.
Mothers helping Snapp on Tuesday were Amanda Grable and Whitney Smith. They were busy resetting the platform and assisting and encouraging team members.
Members of the Digital Dragons present were drivers Elliana Brewer and Jake Grable with builder Kristin Brawner. They have a designated classroom for the robotics.
On the day of this interview, fifth grade students present were Prater White, Carys Withrow, Zeb Smith, Isaiah Snapp.
Indiana educators are encouraged to apply for the 2024 Natural Resources Teacher Institute (NRTI), which will be held June 24-28 at the Forestry Training Center at Morgan-Monroe State Forest.
Hosted by the Indiana DNR Division of Forestry and Purdue University Forestry and Natural Resources Extension, this week-long immersive professional development program will provide educators with the knowledge, skills, and tools to effectively teach their students about forest ecology, research, and management in Indiana. There is no cost to participants, and meals and housing are also provided.
Daily activities include visiting public and private forest sites, touring forest industry facilities, and exploring forestry research through the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment.
Up to 18 educators will be accepted to participate. Participants must be available to attend all days of the program and fully participate in activities.
Participants will earn 30+ Professional Growth Points, as well as receive Project Learning Tree and Leopold Education Project curriculum materials, a forestry tool kit, Indiana-specific field guides, and a stipend for developing and implementing a lesson plan.
Learn more at dnr.IN.gov/forestry/programs/education/nrti. To request an application, contact Lexi Eiler, forestry education specialist, at
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