Schools from Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties
participated in championship event
Miami, Fla. – For the past
14 years, Homestead-Miami Speedway has been known for crowning NASCAR champions
in November during Ford Championship Weekend. This weekend, the Speedway
partnered with Ten80 Education to host another kind of championship event, the
National STEM League Finals 2016. The event featured 400 middle and high school
students from across the country, including students from six schools located
in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Students convened at the
Speedway’s remote control track to showcase their team’s skills in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
Forty student teams from
18 different states were on hand for the event as the teams put their STEM
knowledge to the test and faced each other in racing and robotics challenges,
enterprise presentations, engineering projects and graphic design. The National
STEM League Finals was a result of countless hours of hard work, determination
and preparation from the students as they created projects that directly
correlate with those of working professionals.
Following Saturday’s competition,
the best teams in each category were presented with awards recognizing them for
their achievements. Team Alpha Horses from Shenandoah Community Schools in Iowa
took first place in Middle School Race Events, while team The 304 from the
Caperton Center for Applied Technology in West Virginia won the Robotic Racecar
competition. Also, team Horsepower Motorsports from Bailey Middle School in
North Carolina took home the first place prize in Middle School Enterprise.
“Homestead-Miami Speedway
is very welcoming to our students and very supportive,” said Ten80 Education
Director of Development Maria McCarthy. “Today, students are learning about
engineering and business enterprise as a spring board for their future to help
them find their passion.”
The following six schools
from Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties participated in the National
STEM League Finals:
- Blanche
Ely High School (Pompano Beach)
- The
Benjamin School (North Palm Beach)
- MAST
Academy- Maritime & Science (Key Biscayne)
- Southwest
Miami High School
- North
Miami Beach Senior High School
Ten80 Education is a
micro-publisher of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
curriculum that has been implemented in engineering, computer science and STEM
classrooms and clubs in 41 states.
Students working with Ten80’s Student STEM Challenge curriculum are
invited to own their own businesses specializing in racing, robotics, energy,
or technologies/innovations that emerge through the combination of hardware and
software. They are also invited to collaborate and compete in the National STEM
League. This focus on enterprise,
innovation and team-oriented challenges inspires a diverse, non-traditional
audience to engage in STEM learning.
