Palmetto Elementary 5th Graders Competing in District Jet Toy Competition

The 5th graders at Palmetto Elementary studied force and motion and the design process in science class throughout November and December. 

They followed the steps of identifying a problem, designing a solution, implementing a design and evaluating the solution. 

During this unit, students worked in cooperative groups and constructed Jet Toys, which are vehicles powered by balloons. 

The groups competed in many different areas of competition such as creativity, distance, weight carried, accuracy and time.  

The winning team from each 5^th grade class will be traveling to the district competition at Spearman Elementary on February 22^nd.