February 4, 2016
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Grade 7 students from Huron Heights Public School represented the Kincardine area at the Skills Canada-Ontario Cardboard Boat Races, held at the North Huron Wescast Community Centre in Wingham, Tuesday, Feb. 2.
Their task was to work as a team to build a boat that would out-perform all others in speed and weight challenges completed in the pool.
Teams of four used their problem-solving, teamwork and design skills to create a seaworthy structure out of two sheets of four-foot-by-eight-foot cardboard and some duct tape. Meanwhile, teams of two recorded their peers' boat-building progress from the construction stage to the races in the pool as they captured the event from start to finish.
The videographers then produced a promotional video of the boat-building challenge and will submit the video to Skills Canada in a separate skills challenge.
Kincardine District Secondary School technology teacher, Greg Shipp, was a mentor for the teams, along with Huron Heights teachers, Tanya Leppington and Cindy Black. Representing Huron Heights, were Team 26 and Mean Machine.
Huron Heights Team 26 includes, Brayden Dunbar (L), Keenan Campbell-Skeet, Angus Sharp, Cole Hodgins, Bingham Tudor and Landon Thompson; photos courtesy of Tanya Leppington
Huron Heights Team Mean Machine includes Wilson Shipp (L), Mack Beisel, Ben Leggett, Roland Spencer, Jordan Moulton and Jordan Beisel
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