St. Vincent de Paul Students Win 2nd Place
Left to right are Sho Tsuruta, Gabriel Mouritzen, Sam Lickert, and Liam Brucker-Casey at the 2013 Mini Maker Faire.
HydroBot Challenge at San Diego Mini Maker Faire
In December students from St. Vincent de Paul School put their HydroBots to the test at San Diego’s First-Ever Mini Maker Faire where they competed against various middle schools throughout San Diego County in the 3R’s Robotics HydroBot Challenge.
The all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors was held on December 7, 2013 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
Each team received one kit with six hydraulic cylinders, three feet of hose, four wooden bobbins, screws, string, and an eight ounce weight. Using nothing but those parts, and only connecting to the base in three places, the students lifted a weight off the ground touching nothing but the actuator end of their hydraulics. After 30 seconds they measured the distance from the bottom of the weight to the table. Each team got three lifts, with the best lift being recorded.
St. Vincent de Paul School’s team of 7th grade students came in second place out of the six teams selected to compete.
“We are very excited that St. Vincent’s team did very well,” said Sister Kathleen Walsh, principal of St. Vincent de Paul School.” “Congratulations to our Science Teacher Mr. Arnas and the 7th grade team for their exceptional work in this challenge.”
St. Vincent de Paul School is a Catholic, co-educational elementary school, founded in 1948 in the Mission Hills neighborhood of San Diego. Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, St. Vincent’s services children from Preschool through Eighth Grade. For more information about the school, visit www.svscatholic.org or call (619) 296-2222.
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