Laura Hayes Bowles’ sixth graders rose to the challenge and showed off their STEM knowledge in creating hydraulic projects. They built elevators, bridges and a few other designs by using hydraulics to demonstrate Pascal’s Principle. Pascal’s Principle is the concept that when a force is applied to a confined fluid, an increase in pressure is transmitted equally to all parts of the fluid.
Mrs. Hayes Bowles assigned this project as extra credit and 29 students participated.
“Some students created very elaborate designs,” Hayes Bowles said. “Cole Yaggle made a large bridge and AJ Walton made a crane. They were really excited to share them with the other students.”