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K'NEX Brands, Amusement Park Announce Thrill Ride Build-Off Winners

Playthings Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 5/4/2011 4:28:09 PM

Hatfield, PA - Construction toy company K'NEX Brands and Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, OH, announced the winner of the companies' joint challenge to school groups to design and build the ultimate amusement park ride model. Five winning classrooms from three states were selected to showcase their thrill rides, built out of K'NEX pieces, during Cedar Point's Math & Science Week, May 16-20.

THe Winning schools are Marshall Middle School (Wexford, PA), Glenfield Middle School (Montclair, NJ), St. Raphael Catholic School (Bay Village, OH), Bellevue High School (Bellevue, OH) and Fairbanks Local Schools (Milford Center, OH).

Students in grades 6 through 12 were asked to construct a "real life" ride, considering mathematical and scientific applications such as potential and kinetic energy, speed, acceleration, gravity and/or rotational motion. A select group of K'NEX designers and Cedar Point ride engineers evaluated entries based on creativity, uniqueness, detail and accuracy of the ride description.

Each winning classroom will be given complimentary tickets to visit Cedar Point as well as a K'NEX building sets and a knex.com shopping spree valued at $250.

K'NEX will also display a six-foot Ferris wheel and provide a building station for park guests.

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