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Edible Car Contest-Middle School

Eighth graders learn about vehicle design and engineering technology by designing, building and racing vehicles made entirely of food.

In a spring 2011 competition with eighth graders at Lincoln Junior High School in LaSalle, the Crispy Beetles, above, won a First in Design; the Turnerator, above right, won First in Creativity; and 3 Guys and Kim, at right on the track, was First in Speed.

Other winners from Lincoln Junior High in Spring 2011

First in Aerodynamics, Mode Engaged.
Nutrition winner and Third in Aerodynamics, M.E.T.S.

Second place Creativity and
Second Place Speed (tie), Crocodiles

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Above, organizers announce the winners. All students attended the speed runs in the gymnasium although only eighth graders entered the contest.

Above, Second place Design and Second Place Speed (tie), Meals on Wheels.

Far left, Second Place in Aerodynamics, Ballistics.
Left, the Third in Speed, the Unknowns.

At left, the winner of Third in Creativity, called the Kab Kandy Kicks. In the center, the Third in Design, the Flaming Oreos. At right, the smallest vehicle in the competition, winning Third in Nutrition, the Baconaters.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, contact:

Co-Principal Investigator Sue Caley Opsal, Anatomy and Physiology Instructor, Email: sue_caley@ivcc.edu

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EDIBLE CAR CONTESTS, also contact:

Principal Investigator Dorene Perez, Program Coordinator of CAD/CAE, Email: dorene_perez@ivcc.edu
Co-Principal Investigator Jim Gibson, Program Coordinator of Electronics, Email: jim_gibson@ivcc.edu
Co-Principal Investigator Rose Marie Lynch, Communications Instructor, Email: rosemarie_lynch@ivcc.edu

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815 North Orlando Smith Avenue
Oglesby, IL 61348
PHONE: 815-224-2720
FAX: 815-224-3033


In a spring 2011 competition with eighth graders at Lincoln Junior High School in LaSalle, the Crispy Beetles, above, won a First in Design; the Turnerator, above right, won First in Creativity; and 3 Guys and Kim, at right on the track, was First in Speed.

Other winners from Lincoln Junior High in Spring 2011

First in Aerodynamics, Mode Engaged.	Nutrition winner and Third in Aerodynamics, M.E.T.S.	Second place Creativity and Second Place Speed (tie), Crocodiles
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Above, organizers announce the winners. All students attended the speed runs in the gymnasium although only eighth graders entered the contest.
		Above, Second place Design and Second Place Speed (tie), Meals on Wheels. Far left, Second Place in Aerodynamics, Ballistics. Left, the Third in Speed, the Unknowns.

At left, the winner of Third in Creativity, called the Kab Kandy Kicks. In the center, the Third in Design, the Flaming Oreos. At right, the smallest vehicle in the competition, winning Third in Nutrition, the Baconaters.