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TEBOWING
By Ricky Guerra
Students take Second
in Robot Competition
By Brooke Boers
Somewhere out in the sea of green,
there is a group of engineering students
assembling robots. As awesome as it
sounds it is most definitely true. Alex
Bonham (Coach), Alexander Swhartz,
and Devon Koch, are just three of the
ten students building these mechanical
robots assembled from kits and being
judged at competitions such as “The
Great Robot Uprising,” a competition
recently held at Mariner High School.
ten schools and
several robots
competed in
this competition
on January
14th. To begin
the first event
the students
had to program
the robot
(vb) to get down on a knee and start praying,
even if everyone else around you is doing
something completely different.
to move and function solely on its own
without any student or teacher guiding
the controls. The second stage of
the competition was for the students to
drive the robots to move bowling balls
and 2’x4’ crates across the floor at the
competition. Of course things come
up unexpectedly and the robot was
programmed the day of the competition.
This was a very chaotic time for
the team who had never participated in
a competition before. Fortunately, the
team pulled through and placed 9th
out of 14 teams and placed 2nd among
the first year teams. If you are interested
in joining this wonderful team of
students, contact Mr. Drew. But most
importantly, congratulations to all the
students that put so much hard work
into making the competition a success!
STEM
By Brooke Boers
On January 24th, Mr. Drew
took 20 promising engineering
students (all of which are
Advanced Level 4 Engineering-certified
in solid works) on a field
trip to a Cement Industries plant and
Marine Concepts and Covanta to experience
and see first-hand the multiple
fields of engineering. The locations
on the Science Technology Engineering
and Math, otherwise known as
the STEM field trip, were based on the
interests of the students as well as to
see how the industry works. The first
stop on the field trip was Cement Industries
on Martin Luther King Boulevard.
While there the students took
a tour of the facility to test the quality
of how strong the cement is and even
learn how to pour the cement to make
the walls that support our local schools.
The next stop for these engineering
students was at Marine Concepts and
Covanta. Located in Cape Coral, these
future engineers had privilege or listening
to a speaker talk about his job
at Marine Concepts and how he takes
trash off the streets, dumps the trash
into an incinerator, and makes energy
to supply houses. The field trip was
not only a bird’seye view into life as a
successful engineer, it was also a wonderful
experience overall. Senior Alex
Bonham says, “I learned that it’s better
if you work hard and get hands on with
all the materials instead of sitting at a
desk all day.”