Catapulting into the future: U. teaching 1,200 elementary students what engineering is all about
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Mackenzie Mark, left, and Hugo Mendoza, both 12-year-old students at Westbrook Elementary School in Taylorsville, launch a marshmallow with a catapult during Elementary Engineering Week at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Mackenzie Mark, left, and Hugo Mendoza, both 12-year-old students at Westbrook Elementary School in Taylorsville, launch a marshmallow with a catapult during Elementary Engineering Week at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. More than 1,200 students from 16 Utah elementary schools are attending the four-day event, hosted by the U.’s College of Engineering, to learn about the science and technology concepts that will drive the future through hands-on activities.
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Huge Mendoza, 12, left, Emmanuel Esparza, 11, Masen Clement, 12, Kaleb Herron, 11, and Erick Scott, 11, all students at Westbrook Elementary School in Taylorsville, build a tower out of straws during Elementary Engineering Week at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Kyler Williams, 12, left, Ryan Vause, 12, and Jace Taylor, 12, students at Cook Elementary School in Syracuse, build a boat out of paper and duct tape during Elementary Engineering Week at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Bethany Dickmann, 12, left, Julia Christensen, 12, Dasha Terrazas, 12, Abigail Hernandez, 11, and Lily Medico, 12, all students at Vista Elementary School in Taylorsville, build a tower out of straws during Elementary Engineering Week at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Adi Whitaker, 11, left, second from left, and Maisy O’Keefe, 11, second from right, see how many steel nuts their homemade boat can support before it sinks during Elementary Engineering Week at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Students see how many steel nuts their homemade boat can support before it sinks during Elementary Engineering Week at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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