Students at Prairie River Junior High School in High Prairie participated in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Day activities on Feb. 27. Teams were timed and assessed in activities that included an egg drop, Apples Afar, airplane cargo launch and a video break-out room, also known as an escape room, where teams solved riddles to unlock boxes. Top winners advance to the High Prairie School Division Junior High School Divisional Finals March 20 at Kinuso.
Lily Gordey, Grade 7, left, and Hannah Copeland, Grade 9, create a structure or cage to protect a raw egg from breaking when it is dropped from the ceiling.A group of four students gets ready to launch its weighted airplane in the cargo launch. Left-right, are Marcus Matula, Grade 8, Jacoby Giroux, Grade 9, Dutch Degner, Grade 8, and Terwyn Willier, Grade 9.Students create a structure or cage to protect a raw egg from breaking when it is dropped from the ceiling. Left-right, are Grade 8 students August Willott and Lexi Flett and Grade 7 student Leslie Lawrie.Students construct an arm to hold an apple without falling. Left-right, are Grade 8 students Sophie Delorme, Reid Girard and Max Payne.
