High school science students study motion  Judge JoDee Hess
takes a critical look at the Physics team’s balloon.  Trains,
needles and chemicals were just a few of the substances used to
pop balloons during a Terry High School science competition.
Five teams competed in demonstrating a 25-step Rube Goldberg
Experiment, where students fashioned a series of transfer of
energy occurrences.  Each team spent weeks designing an
apparatus similar to the Hasbro Mouse Trap game, where a
transfer of energy occurred 25 times with a balloon-popping
finale.  At least, that was what was supposed to happen. As
middle grade students looked on, the high school science teams
became keenly familiar with how difficult it is to complete a
faultless science project.   “They definitely got a lot out of
it,” science teacher Greg Mendenhall said. “With human
intervention everyone popped the balloon.” This is the second
year Mendenhall has hosted the in-school science competition. He
hopes to make it an annual event with the ultimate g