Tucker Middle School students win award for anti-human trafficking device
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Georgia middle school students win community award in STEM competition
The students at Tucker Middle School won an additional 15,000 dollars for their efforts to fight against human trafficking. They received the exciting news during a live-stream Tuesday.
TUCKER, Ga. - Students at Tucker Middle School have won another $15,000 prize for their efforts to fight against human trafficking.
The middle school students were named the Community Choice Award Winners in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, which encourages students to solve real-world issues using STEM.
The team learned of their award Tuesday night during a livestream that caught their shocked faces when the results were announced.
Georgia students anti-human trafficking device makes finals of national contest
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Tucker Middle School has been named a finalist in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest.
TUCKER, Ga. - A Georgia middle school class s device to help fight human trafficking has made the finals in a national contest, and you can help them win the whole thing.
Thursday, Tucker Middle School was named a finalist in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, which encourages students to solve real-world issues using STEM. STEM is science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It s more than that, it s facilitated learning. Kids are challenged to create solutions to problems, eighth-grade STEM instructor Nathan Williams told FOX 5 earlier this week.
Georgia students develop device to fight human trafficking
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Tucker Middle School has been named a semi-finalist in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest.
TUCKER, Ga. - Human trafficking has become a major problem around the world, but students at one Georgia middle school are developing a plan to help combat the issue.
Tucker Middle School was named a semifinalist in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, which encourages students to solve real-world issues using STEM. STEM is science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It s more than that, it s facilitated learning. Kids are challenged to create solutions to problems, eighth-grade STEM instructor Nathan Williams said.