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Clarkton School of Discovery's
Bridge Building Team Takes Top Prize in
Regional NCDOT Bridge Building Competition
The 2010 Clarkton School of Discovery Bridge
Building Team won first place in Regional
Competition held on Friday, March 5 at Pitt
Community College in Greenville, North
Carolina. Students participated in the
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Statewide Model Bridge Building
Competition. The competition is
designed to create a greater awareness of
careers in transportation, construction, and
engineering and gives students an
opportunity to learn problem-solving
strategies and utilize critical thinking
skills, while making the connection between
what is taught in the classroom and real
world applications. Prior to competition,
students submitted, and were scored on, a
three-page essay on bridge building concepts
and history and a scale drawing of their
bridge design. On the day of actual
competition, students presented a ten-minute
Oral Presentation in the form of a skit and
their bridge design was tested for its
efficiency. All of the scores were combined
to determine the winner. These students
will now travel to the Department of
Transportation Building in
Raleigh
for the state finals on April 16, 2010.
Team members are Tristan Britt, Will Cole,
Kelsey Hammond, Cassie Hancock, Natalie
Hardin, Hayley Hall, Molly High, Daniel
Jackson, Leighanne Kelly, Abby Norris, Wayde
Owen, Cody Roberts, Brooke Smith, Kayla
Thompson, and Cameron West. |