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Sumter Academy has strong showing at Shelton State Engineering Day

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The Sumter Academy engineering competition team consists of Paige Morgan, Shelby Fast, Brooke Dotson, Kerri Giles, Haley Campbell, Cole Rutherford, Dean Basinger and Lexie Larkin.
The Sumter Academy engineering competition team consists of Paige Morgan, Shelby Fast, Brooke Dotson, Kerri Giles, Haley Campbell, Cole Rutherford, Dean Basinger and Lexie Larkin.
Sumter Academy student Dean Basinger (right) learns about gyroscopic stability as (L-R) Cole Rutherford, Shelby Fast and Kerri Giles look on.
Sumter Academy student Dean Basinger (right) learns about gyroscopic stability as (L-R) Cole Rutherford, Shelby Fast and Kerri Giles look on.

On Thursday, April 17, Shelton State Community College hosted its third annual Engineering Day, an outreach activity for students interested in math, science, technology and engineering. The Sumter Academy physics class participated in the Egg Drop Competition and finished second out of 34 teams from eight schools in West Central Alabama.

The competition required students to design and build a container using only straws, toothpicks, rubber bands and tape that would enable an egg to survive a 36-foot drop onto a concrete surface. Successful containers were then ranked according to their weight (lightest being the most desirable).

“I am very proud of my students’ achievements this year,” Sumter Academy physics teacher Angela Smith said. “Their persistent dedication to research and development enabled them to defeat teams from much larger public schools.”