A group of fourth graders at Brecknock Elementary School have turned a class project into a state title.<\/p>\n
The students recently won first place at the PA Invention Convention, earning a trip to compete in the RTX Invention Convention\u2019s national competition.<\/p>\n
A team made up of students KayLeigh Haage, Hope McCallicher, Tierney Sanocki and Faylee Stitzma, and led by librarian Rachel Sebastian and teacher Adam Ricketts, won their title Wednesday in Hershey.<\/p>\n
Their project \u2014 a prototype piece of construction equipment that tills, dries and removes water vapor from soil \u2014 was one of 57 entered into the invention contest.<\/p>\n
The Terra-Dri-Vator Pro, as they named their project, is designed to be an all-in-one solution for the excavation process, allowing soil to be quickly prepared for compaction without the use of chemicals.<\/p>\n
Their creation was born out of a need the students discovered while working with Schlough Inc. as part of the Brecknock Business Symposium, which pairs classes with local business to learn about their industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe invention process is a great example of using relevant, hands-on learning,\u201d Ricketts said. \u201cAt Gov. Mifflin, we are proud to facilitate learning experiences beyond the four walls of the classroom and the opportunity to connect with our community stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Brecknock students will next present their prototype in June at the national competition in Dearborn, Mich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of fourth graders at Brecknock Elementary School have turned a class project into a state title.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,227,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":{"0":"post-107021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-berks-county","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-pennsylvania","13":"tag-reading-city","14":"tag-reading-city-headlines","15":"tag-reading-city-news","16":"tag-top-stories-reg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}