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Robbinsdale Middle School Students Earn Honors in Science Competition
Robbinsdale Middle School students are recognized for their work in a national science competition.
Editor's Note: The following information was provided by the Robbinsdale School District.
Three teams of students from Robbinsdale Middle School have earned
honorable mentions in the 2012 Toshiba/National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision competition, placing them among the top 10 percent of all ExploraVision projects submitted to the competition this year.
In all, the state of Minnesota received seven honorable mentions, three of them coming from students at Robbinsdale Middle School.
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The ExploraVision competition encourages students in grades K-12 of all interests, skill and ability levels to demonstrate innovative thinking in their exploration of science and its impact on technology and the future. The competition is open to students in the United States and Canada. Robbinsdale Middle School has been participating in this competition for several years. This year, twenty-three projects were submitted to the contest by RMS science teacher Todd Norholm, who helped to guide these students in their quest to invent a new technology.
“I was so nervous scrolling down through the email I received,” stated Norholm. “When I saw that we had three out of the seven honorable mention award winners in the whole state, I couldn’t believe it! I was especially happy to discover that one team from each of my three science classes won. These
wonderful kids poured their hearts and souls into this project. I’m so proud of them – it’s the highlight of my year!”
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This year, there were 4,807 total submissions to the national competition. The following students and their inventions are: The Inflatable All-Purpose Pads (iApp), invented by Max Byzewski, Peyton Primmer, James Whitcomb, and William Young; the Navigation for the Blind (N.4.B), invented by Kylee Allen, Emily Johnson, Siera Mcgregor and Maritza Montiel; and the Conveyor Belt Adjustable Monkey Bars (CBA Monkey Bars), invented by Maren Bimberg, Lindsey Dickmeyer, Paige Gayle, Mia Maun, and Saideh Stoltz.