Saluda fifth-graders engineer weather-resistant structures

Saluda fifth-graders engineer weather-resistant structures

The blower roared like hurricane winds. Water poured down like a flood. Ice piled up like a blizzard’s fury. Remarkably, the houses built by Ginger Rackley’s fifth-grade class at Saluda Elementary School withstood it all. Students took on an engineering challenge just before the holiday break that combined weather science, structural design and hands-on problem-solving. After studying weather systems, student teams designed and built houses capa…