Milford Elementary Student Wins In MA STEM Competition

MILFORD, MA — A student at Milford's Woodland Elementary won first-place in a statewide STEM competition recently. The STEM Week Challenge took place in October involving some 60,000 students from across the state.

Woodland Elementary student Nathaniel Kerr won first place in the online competition for 3rd to 5th graders. Kerr designed a solar-powered fan. He had to figure out a way to get enough power from the solar panels to power the fan, and how to wire the electricity to charge a battery.

The STEM Week Challenge was presented by the Mass STEM Hub and Project Lead The Way (PLTW) last month. STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) professionals helped advise students during their work.

As a prize for his winning design, Kerr and his classmates will go on a field trip to the Wind Technology Testing Center in Boston. Kerr is in Ann Anderson's 4th grade class at Woodland.