Poinciana Elementary, a STEM magnet elementary school, proves its Science, Technology, Engineering and Math expertise with several extraordinary student awards at end of year events.
Poinciana had three overall winners in the 2013 Palm Beach County District Science Fair:
- 3rd Grader Coleman Longwater won third place overall for his project on Magnets in Different Temperatures
- 3rd Grader Anastasia McInerney won third place overall for her project on Saving Money by Eating In instead of Going Out
- Ms. McFarlane’s First Grade Class won 2nd place overall for the class project on Girls vs. Boys and Bowling skills
Poinciana Elementary STEM Magnet School’s Afterschool Science club PANDAMONIUM competed in the 1st Annual Science Olympiad hosted Sat. May 11 by Florida Atlantic University.
Poinciana Elementary earned four awards from out of 11 competitive events ranging from engineering projects, to academic games.
- 1st Place Winners in “Energy Lab” - A test on how far a self-designed, small solar powered vehicle would travel
- 2nd Place Winners for “A is for Anatomy” – An academic game where the team took a test and answered 40 questions about the human body and organs
- 2nd Place Winners in “Tennis Ball Catapult” – The team had to design and build acatapult and send tennis balls closest to target
- and 2nd Place Winners in “Bridge Building” - The team had 50 straws and 40 cm. of tape for building and had to support weights
Team members included 3rd, 4th and 5th graders: Ethan Gabay, Louis Lee, Kira Lichtenfeld, Jimena Machorro, Mikayla Perry, Kara Wilson, Ethan Wong, Kristha Zapata-Palacios, Teacher, Lisa Saunders, and Coach, Gloria Gibson
Congratulations to the team, and for showing the success of Poinciana STEM students!