8th graders design custom cargo planes
Eighth-graders in Frankie Urquhart's science class at Schoenbar Middle School recently faced a new challenge â assembling a miniature motorized cargo plane sturdy enough to carry a number of pennies in the classroom. The project helps students practice using the scientific method to define and solve problems, Urquhart explained in a recent interview with the Daily News. "The challenge was to build a plane that could carry the highest number of pennies," she said. Urquhart continued, "And so the kids had to use their knowledge of electricity to wire their own cargo planes and talk about a...
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