Congratulations

Congratulations to the Battle of the Brains Winners!     

We were thrilled to celebrate the winners of the Burns & McDonnell Battle of the Brains at Science City on November 21.

Congratulations to students at Olathe North High School, who earned a $50,000 grant and the chance to see their exhibit, Unplugged, constructed in Science City in 2012. Energy powers the world, and the consumption of energy drives the Unplugged experience. Visitors will discover that all energy is fundamentally the same by working with interactive elements to turn their own mechanical power into other forms of energy.

Students at Richardson Elementary in Lee’s Summit earned the top prize and a $50,000 grant in the Elementary division with their exhibit design, Hall of Magnets. The Hall of Magnets draws visitors in with the promise of interactive fun. Here, playing with magnets reaches beyond the concepts of “attract” and “repel.” Magnets are a timeless subject with strong scientific principles that serve as a foundation for and engineering.

At the ceremony, Burns & McDonnell distributed $155,000 in grants to the Battle of the Brains Top 20 to support STEM (science, technology, math and engineering) education in their schools.

$5,000 grants in the Secondary division were awarded to:

  • Science City ER from the Blue Springs School District Project Lead The Way
  • Storm Center from Westridge Middle School in the Shawnee Mission School District.

$5,000 grants in the Elementary division were awarded to:

  • Robot-Assisted Medical Procedures (R.A.M.P.) from Hawthorne & Southview Elementary Schools in the Kearney School District
  • You! The Experience from Valley Park Elementary in the Blue Valley School District.

$2,500 grants in the Secondary division were awarded to:

  • Big Bang and Beyond from Turner High School
  • City Imagineerium from LEARN Science & Math Club, Home School
  • Elements of Modern Living and Power from Olathe East High School
  • Forces of Nature from Belton High School
  • Magnetic Science and Technologies from Olathe East High School
  • Taking Flight from Shawnee Mission South High School
  • Water Extravaganza from Lansing High School.

$2,500 grants in the Elementary division were awarded to:

  • Bug Street from Pleasant Lea Elementary
  • Different Experiences, Parallel Lives from Leawood Elementary
  • Digest Quest from Woodland Elementary
  • Energy Remix from Leawood Elementary
  • Navigating the Air: An Aeronautic Adventure from Red Bridge Elementary
  • The Space Place from Cordill Mason Elementary
  • The Tornado Experience from Fleetridge Elementary.

 Congratulations to all of our STEM stars!