On February 6, 2015 Los Nietos Middle School MESA students headed to Rio Hondo College to test their engineering skills. As part of our STEAM Academy's Math Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) class students have studied velocity, force and balance while focusing on a series of engineering challenges. The latest design challenge had students dreaming up ways to keep raw eggs from breaking when dropped from a height of six stories.
On Friday, February 6th, MESA students and their teachers, Michelle Sanchez and Jackie Ramirez, put their designs to the test. Students loaded their prototypes on the bus and headed to the L building at Rio Hondo College where they dropped the packages off the 4th floor landing. Students watched in anticipation, from below, as Mrs. Tortarolo tossed their eggs over the rail. Upon landing, students carefully opened their packages to see if their eggs survived the fall. Cheers could be heard from student designers when eggs survived and redesign ideas were already being discussed by others. After the egg drop students had the opportunity to tour the campus and received a goody-bag of Rio Hondo materials. Many thanks to Mr. Russell Castañeda -Calleros, Director of the Office of Government and Community Relations for Rio Hondo College, for making this event possible. We look forward to broadening our partnership with Rio Hondo College in the coming months.
On Friday, February 6th, MESA students and their teachers, Michelle Sanchez and Jackie Ramirez, put their designs to the test. Students loaded their prototypes on the bus and headed to the L building at Rio Hondo College where they dropped the packages off the 4th floor landing. Students watched in anticipation, from below, as Mrs. Tortarolo tossed their eggs over the rail. Upon landing, students carefully opened their packages to see if their eggs survived the fall. Cheers could be heard from student designers when eggs survived and redesign ideas were already being discussed by others. After the egg drop students had the opportunity to tour the campus and received a goody-bag of Rio Hondo materials. Many thanks to Mr. Russell Castañeda -Calleros, Director of the Office of Government and Community Relations for Rio Hondo College, for making this event possible. We look forward to broadening our partnership with Rio Hondo College in the coming months.