The competition, which is designed to promote STEM literacy among students grades nine through 12 in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, featured eight boats with more than 50 teachers and students participating. Old Mill High School in Millersville, MD, took first place, and Virginia Beach City Public School’s Advanced Technology Center earned the number two spot, along with the sportsmanship award. Stephen Decatur High School, from Berlin, MD, took home the best boat design award.
Each team designed a remote-controlled, scaled model of a Chesapeake deadrise crab boat, intended to collect miniature crab baskets as quickly as possible. The competition was the culmination of an academic year’s work, and required the aspiring engineers to commit additional time after regular school hours.
Teams were judged on their boat design proposals, a written report showing calculations and discussing environmental impacts of crabbing, their boat’s performance, and their response to judges’ questions at the event. Representatives from the University of Maryland 4-H extension helped to judge the boats and spoke with students about additional STEM learning opportunities.
The competition, which took place at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s (UMCES) Horn Point Lab, was a collaborative effort between the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) and UMCES. Participating teams represented Anne Arundel and Worcester counties in Maryland and Virginia Beach. Thanks to generous sponsorship, no fee was imposed on participating schools.
Kelvin Educational donated the boat motors used by the schools, and UMES technology and engineering education students and faculty helped facilitate the event in addition to manufacturing the award plaques and 3D printed keychains. Schools interested in participating in the 2018 competition should contact Dr. Tyler Love at [email protected].
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 - 11:14
Blue skies and unseasonably high spring temperatures provided ideal conditions for high school students testing their Chesapeake deadrise crab boat models in the annual Eastern Shore Crab Boat Engineering Challenge, held recently in Cambridge, MD.
The competition, which is designed to promote STEM literacy among students grades nine through 12 in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, featured eight boats with more than 50 teachers and students participating. Old Mill High School in Millersville, MD, took first place, and Virginia Beach City Public School’s Advanced Technology Center earned the number two spot, along with the sportsmanship award. Stephen Decatur High School, from Berlin, MD, took home the best boat design award.
Each team designed a remote-controlled, scaled model of a Chesapeake deadrise crab boat, intended to collect miniature crab baskets as quickly as possible. The competition was the culmination of an academic year’s work, and required the aspiring engineers to commit additional time after regular school hours.
Teams were judged on their boat design proposals, a written report showing calculations and discussing environmental impacts of crabbing, their boat’s performance, and their response to judges’ questions at the event. Representatives from the University of Maryland 4-H extension helped to judge the boats and spoke with students about additional STEM learning opportunities.
The competition, which took place at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s (UMCES) Horn Point Lab, was a collaborative effort between the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) and UMCES. Participating teams represented Anne Arundel and Worcester counties in Maryland and Virginia Beach. Thanks to generous sponsorship, no fee was imposed on participating schools.
Kelvin Educational donated the boat motors used by the schools, and UMES technology and engineering education students and faculty helped facilitate the event in addition to manufacturing the award plaques and 3D printed keychains. Schools interested in participating in the 2018 competition should contact Dr. Tyler Love at [email protected].
The competition, which is designed to promote STEM literacy among students grades nine through 12 in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, featured eight boats with more than 50 teachers and students participating. Old Mill High School in Millersville, MD, took first place, and Virginia Beach City Public School’s Advanced Technology Center earned the number two spot, along with the sportsmanship award. Stephen Decatur High School, from Berlin, MD, took home the best boat design award.
Each team designed a remote-controlled, scaled model of a Chesapeake deadrise crab boat, intended to collect miniature crab baskets as quickly as possible. The competition was the culmination of an academic year’s work, and required the aspiring engineers to commit additional time after regular school hours.
Teams were judged on their boat design proposals, a written report showing calculations and discussing environmental impacts of crabbing, their boat’s performance, and their response to judges’ questions at the event. Representatives from the University of Maryland 4-H extension helped to judge the boats and spoke with students about additional STEM learning opportunities.
The competition, which took place at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s (UMCES) Horn Point Lab, was a collaborative effort between the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) and UMCES. Participating teams represented Anne Arundel and Worcester counties in Maryland and Virginia Beach. Thanks to generous sponsorship, no fee was imposed on participating schools.
Kelvin Educational donated the boat motors used by the schools, and UMES technology and engineering education students and faculty helped facilitate the event in addition to manufacturing the award plaques and 3D printed keychains. Schools interested in participating in the 2018 competition should contact Dr. Tyler Love at [email protected].