SUPER SCIENTISTS.LANCASTER - More than 350 youngsters tested their abilities in analyzing and completing scientific tasks at Super Science Saturday. Working in teams of four, the fourth- and fifth-graders designed and built tiny barges after predicting how many pennies they could carry, made and flew paper airplanes, and built towers from paper plates, cups and straws, among other tasks. The youngsters came from Westside Union School District schools and Rosamond Elementary School elementary school: see school. for the competition at Valley View School. The teams practiced with adult coaches for the competition, which was sponsored by Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. , the West Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Education Foundation and Westside Union School District. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Crystal Foley and Michael Tocco, both 10, of Sundown Elementary School build a tower at Super Science Saturday. (2 -- 3 -- color) Eleven-year-olds Stephanie Shelton and Breana Koch put pennies in a barge barge, large boat, generally flat-bottomed, used for transporting goods. Most barges on inland waterways are towed, but some river barges are self-propelled. There are also sailing barges. , testing how many the tiny craft can hold. Below, Anika Singh, 13, center, performs on a xylophone xylophone (zī`ləfōn) [Gr.,=wood sound], musical instrument having graduated wooden slabs that are struck by the player with small, hard mallets. The slabs are usually arranged like a keyboard, and the range varies from two to four octaves. made of copper tubing and Erika Fedorko, 13, plays a flute made from a pipe. (4 -- color) Matthew Sirriyeh, 13, demonstrates his creation at the event held at Valley View School. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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