The Wilson School – Blog

A team from The Wilson School participated in the New Jersey Destination
ImagiNation Tournament. Team members, Eric  (6th), Nicholas  (6th),
Julius  (5th), Euwen  (4th) and Brooke (4th), worked very hard and
won third place in their competition titled IN THE ZONE.

The team designed and made ten vehicles out of three or more propulsion systems. Each vehicle was limited to 6″x6″x6″ max. size.  The vehicles were propelled by 4 types of power: gravity, electric, pneumatic, wind-up. They had to launch all the vehicles through danger, get IN THE ZONE and stop. Then they performed a theatrical act (including singing, acting and writing original songs) to
tell a story of how these vehicles traveled.  The team did it all by themselves with
only skill support (such as wood work, machine, soldering, and hot glue gun usage).

The kids competed in the middle school division while 2 out of 5 children are in elementary level, one of them had a full year acceleration.

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The kids explored flywheel, solar, magnetic through out the project. They wear the T-shirt they tie-dyed and printed with block print. Each letter is written by one team member.

A trip to Cooper Gristmill last November. DiForce5 enjoyed a “Simple Machine” class held by the park service. They learned how hydraulic power propelled machine in 1800′s New Jersey.