Fort Stockton Middle School Learning about energy, teamwork, creativity and physics
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Mrs. Hayter's 8^th Grade students recently used the concepts learned from their force and motion unit along with lots of problem solving to create a company to design and build a roller coaster from foam pipe insulation and cups that included at least two hills, one loop, and one curve (with all areas labeled with their physics vocabulary) through which the "car", a marble, came to a safe landing.  They made blue prints then proceeded to build the coaster. When a part did not work, they had to "fix" it and change the blueprint.  They created themes and named their roller coaster besides producing an advertisement for their ride. An outstanding job was done by these 8^th graders, and the entire school enjoyed watching the wild rides.

Teachers and former students judged the roller coasters, with the winners as follows:  Most Outstanding:  1. Metallic Belt by Adrian, Eddic, Adriannah, and Catherine;  2. Twister by Nathaniel, Brandon, Justin and Ryan; 3. Sikopathyk by Ashley, Adralai, Jacob and Kara; 4. 3-WayTie---One Timer by Maria, Esther, Brandon and Marcus; El Burrito by Ivan, Victor, Moises, Jonathon and Mario; and Splash by JD, Anthony, Domonic and Josiah.

Special category winners included:  Most Attractive - Sikopathyk; Most Creative - Splash; Neatest - Metallic Belt; Most Thrilling - Tie: Twister; Thriller by Tarrina, Ivonne, Kevin and Carlos ; and Round 'em Cowboy by Sarai, Ashley, Mari and Valerie; and Most Awesome Theme - Collision of the Bands by Derek, JR, Wezlee and Vincent.

Metallic Belt 1st Place and Neatest	Twister 2nd Place and tied for Most Thrilling	Sikopathyk Bolt 3rd Place and Most Attractive
El Burrito Tied for 4th Place	One Timer Tied for 4th Place		Splash Tied for 4th Place and Most Creative
Thriller Tied for Most Thrilling	Round 'em Cowboy Tied for Most Thrilling		Collision of the Bands Most Awesome Theme
	The Cyclone
	Batman		The Eliminator
	Rides-R-Us		The Leap of Death
	Spongebob, Inc.