Middle School Students Attend Rollercoaster Camp

Josh Hutton

SSC Talent Search/FOCUS federal grant program hosted an engineering “Coaster Camp” for eighth-grade students on June 5 and 6. As students worked together and problem solved to build their own roller coasters, Mrs. Jenny Davidson, Wewoka High School Geometry and Trigonometry teacher, taught hands-on lessons related to force, motion, and energy.

Students are shown working together and problem solving to build their own roller coasters during the SSC Talent Search/FOCUS federal grant programs engineering “Coaster Camp” for eighth-grade students.

“Coaster Camp” participants were then able to see those lessons on a larger scale with a visit to Frontier City theme park. The Talent Search Central and West Projects are 100% federally funded in the amounts of $388,326 and $277,375 annually. For more information about the Talent Search Program, visit sscok.edu/sponsored-grant-programs/talent-search or call 405-382-9709.

Pictured is the group of students that attended “Coaster Camp” wearing their camp shirts.