Creativity and problem solving took virtual center stage during Minnesota 4-H’s annual Engineering Design Challenge on Aug. 9. Youth from across the state participated in an online learning event that featured machines built with their team or family that engaged youth in thinking about transportation from an engineering frame of mind. Using this year’s challenge theme, Driving Change Through Transportation, teams of 3rd – 12th graders built complex machines that accomplished an important task: transport an object (person/thing) from one place to another and unload it, or load an object onto a mode of transportation and transport it from one place to another.
For more details regarding team members and awards, see Page 5 of this week’s Messenger.