NEGOTIATIONS WITH SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
AND, OFFICIALS WANT TO KEEP THE
200 BED SHELTER OPEN UNTIL AT
LEAST MAY.
MAYBE EVEN LONGER.> MIDDLE
SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE GETTING
CREATIVE TODAY.
WHEN RIVER SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE
HOSTING TOMORROW AND MacIE
JENKINS HAS MORE. THERE ARE
12 SCHOOLS COMPETING, JUDGES IN
EACH OF THOSE.
THE NEW MISSION TO GET TO MARS
IN THE MOST CREATIVE WAY.
AND, THEY HAVE BUILT THOSE.
IT'S PART OF AN ENGINEERING
CHALLENGE ORGANIZED BY THE TWIN
RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE ARE HERE TO MAKE A WATER-
FILLED FRESHWATER ADULTERATION
SYSTEM.
IT CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO
30 MINUTES OF THAT.
IN THEY HAVE COMPETED IN A
SERIES OF CHALLENGES OVER THE
LAST SIX WEEKS ALL SEEMED
AROUND GETTING HUMANS TO MARS.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL.
AND, THEY ARE IN SEVENTH AND
EIGHTH GRADE. EDUCATION
TECHNOLOGY THE SCORE THE MOST
POINTS WINS.
BUT THE PRIZE IS LEARNING TO
THINK IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO, THEY GET TO USE
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THEIR
BRAIN. ONE OF THE BENEFITS TO
DOING THIS WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENT HAVING TWO DOZEN
TEACHERS WHO HAVE FOUND THE
TIME TO INTEGRATE THESE
CHALLENGES. AND THAT WAS
MacIE JENKINS.
ONE OF THE BENEFITS TO DOING
