Weekly Update of Lansing High School Students Enrolled in KCKCC PCC - HVAC and Construction
Lansing USD 469 is proud to highlight our Lansing High School students and graduates enrolled in Kansas City Kansas Community Center Pioneer Career Center (KCKCC PCC) each week.
Egg Drop Challenge:
Lansing High Students: Cameron Spear, John Coburn, Charles Goeser and Jacob Ryan
KCKCC students had fun preparing their eggs for an egg drop challenge. Students used different materials to protect their eggs for the challenge.
Spaghetti Towers
Lansing High Students: Cameron Spear, John Coburn, Charles Goeser and Jacob Ryan
The students built spaghetti and marshmallow towers. Each student was given a certain amount of time to build the tallest tower. The winners won a pocket psychrometer. A psychrometer is a hygrometer consisting of a wet-bulb and a dry-bulb thermometer.
Paper Airplanes
Lansing High Students: John Coburn and Jacob Ryan
The students were in groups of three making paper airplanes. Each student launched a paper airplane to see whose went the farthest. The red team won!
Construction
Lansing High School Graduate: Cameron Ernzen and current Lansing High School student: Charles Van Der Werff
Construction students drilled holes in the concrete to place rebar before pouring a concrete slab.
Construction Program---Lansing Graduate: Cameron Ernzen and Lansing High School Student: Charles Van Der Werff
Bottorff Construction was on-site at KCKCC PCC to help Construction students pour concrete. Deke, Jerry, and Aaron from Bottorff, helped the students use shovels, rakes and "come alongs" to move the concrete, used a wood board to screed the top of the concrete (screeding helps compact and consolidate the concrete) and used a steel trowel to create a smooth, hard and uniform finish.