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STEM Solar Experiment

By: Patrick Schurr
Updated: June 26, 2012

These pictures come from Park Forest Middle School in the State College Area School District.

8th grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) student Steven Krupa is making a final inspection of the parabolic solar heat ray mirror he designed and manufactured in class.
 
It was used to explore the story of Archimedes destroying a Roman fleet in 214 B.C.

Then, for accuracy, Jacob Pusateri researched and built a scale model of a Roman boat, utilizing historically-correct woods.





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