Middle School Challenge
  The Northwest Invention Center was a partner for the 2002 Challenge:  the design and building of a machine (disguised as a toy) to clean up Legos® . Welcome to SMILE Elementary Outdoor Science Adventure camp
  Gears, dowels, and perforated boards were a few of the materials used to build the machines.
  A college student mentor helps a team focus on the design of their machine.
  A team from Chiloquin developed this colorful solution to the Challenge.
  This team is taping its short commercial to market its toy.
  2003 Challenge teams investigated flight and built flying machines to outdistance or outmanuever those of other teams.
  This team fine tunes elements of the group's flying machine.
  Teams gather to test the flight characteristics of the different flying machines.
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