submitted by Dawn Wetmore
The Berlin InvenTeam placed third overall in the annual design challenge competition sponsored by General Dynamics in Pittsfield MA. This year’s design challenge theme was to engineer a device to putt a golf ball for distance and accuracy. The Berlin InvenTeam designed a device, dubbed the Mountain Putter, based on a pendulum principle to transfer potential energy to kinetic energy. It included a weight box to allow varying distances to be achieved. The Berlin InvenTeam is an engineering design group from Berlin Middle/High School whose main goal is to excite students about invention, empowering them to problem solve while encouraging an inventive culture within the school and the community.
