Shifting Education "Out of This World."

Last week, two teenagers from Scarborough demonstrated the incredible potential of what can happen when technology and passion meet.  These two boys are getting international attention for their project which sent a Lego Man (holding a Canadian Flag) into near space.  Their Lego man contraption captured photos of its journey which showed the curvature of the earth.

They knew approximately where it would land by using a website which predicted the trajectory of weather balloons based on weather conditions and where it was launched from.  They launched it from Newmarket and retrieved it from a field in Peterborough. These students did not do this for a school project. They did it for fun. These two boys, from Agincourt Collegiate, have shown that learning absolutely takes place beyond the walls of the classroom. It can even take place beyond this atmosphere!

Thestar.com - VideoZone- High schoolers send Lego Man into space

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