On March 20, the students in the Copiague Middle School TAG program competed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory-sponsored Magnetic Levitation competition held at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City. To participate in the competition, the students were tasked with designing, engineering and testing their own MAGLEV vehicles, which float over a fixed track and are supported and driven by magnetic fields.“MAGLEV vehicles are super fast due to zero friction, extraordinarily quiet due to having no engine, and very safe to humans and the earth alike,” said Dr. Daniel Leccese, chairperson of science.
At the event, the Copiague students took home five trophies. The district congratulates Jackson Bright and Aaron Eng for teaming up to take both first and third place in the Gravity Speed category and Ajhani Carroll and Jahnay Cuffy, Ziair Clark, and Kianna Joyner and Julia Brzozka, who placed first, second and third in the Futuristic Appearance category.
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