NSU ET Symposium engages students in hands-on activities

  • Pictured are Natchitoches Jr. High students Aretha Potter, Zariah Pearrie, Janiah Heard, Lyric Thomas, Mariah Robinson, Harmony Remo, Ja’Kiera Humphrey and Jenissy Robinson participating in the “Factory Physics Challenge.” The all-female team of sixth and seventh graders won the competition for being the first to successfully design a gravity- powered factory line that delivered a marble into a cup using pipe insulation, tape and binder clips.
    Pictured are Natchitoches Jr. High students Aretha Potter, Zariah Pearrie, Janiah Heard, Lyric Thomas, Mariah Robinson, Harmony Remo, Ja’Kiera Humphrey and Jenissy Robinson participating in the “Factory Physics Challenge.” The all-female team of sixth and seventh graders won the competition for being the first to successfully design a gravity- powered factory line that delivered a marble into a cup using pipe insulation, tape and binder clips.

    About 100 middle school and high school students participated in activities that put math and physics to practical applications during Northwestern State University’s Engineering Technology Symposium and Manufacturing Day Oct. 17.

    NSU’s Department of Engineering Technology annually hosts the event in October in commemoration of National Manufacturing Month. Students met with regional industry profe…