Bruce Bayly joined our Pumpkin Toss colleague Brian Lapham (that's him and Nola in all their Steampunk glory to the right) at the Comic-Con in Phoenix over the Memorial Day weekend. He took the Pueblo Magnet High School's winning trebuchet with him to inspire interest in the 2012 Tucson Pumpkin Toss. Here are some photos he sent back!

 

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Taking the Math Bus on the road

From May 13th to l7th, Bruce Bayly and Dolly Spalding traveled to Prescott and Lake Havasu City. Due to a generous grant (Grants that Make a Difference) from Unisource Energy, we were able to visit five schools: in Prescott, Lincoln Elementary with third graders; in Lake Havasu City we went to Thunderbolt Middle School (8th grade) and Jamaica, Oro Grande and Smoketree elementary schools (6th grade). We met hundreds of eager, attentive, respectful, curious students who welcomed us into their multi-purpose rooms and gyms. We all had a lot of fun and learned some fascinating science facts and concepts!

2012 Summer Camp Registration Now Open!

Robotics, Lasers, Rockets, Take Apart, Woodworking, more Robotics, and more Lasers...
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The bus visits Wakefield Elementary School

Science Night at Wakefield was a success.

The free-standing arch is always a big hit!

Pumpkin Toss 2012 Website

The Tucson Pumpkin Toss now has its own website:  http://tucsonpumpkintoss.org/.  Mark your calendars for Sunday October 28, 2012!  After the successful first annual Tucson Pumpkin Toss, we are already getting excited for this year's event.  It's never to early to start prototyping your trebuchet to see if you can top last year's results.

Bruce and the Arizona Mathematics Roadshow in the Arizona Daily Star

The article about him is on page 14!

2011 Tucson Pumpkin Toss Results

The results are in!

#	Team Name	Distance Shot 1 (m)	Distance Shot 2 (m)	Wall Distance (m)	Boxes Dislodged	Range final score	Accuracy final score	Combined score
1	Strebuchet	26.10	57.00	57.00	0	57.00	0.00	57.00
2	Kupbis Kill	120.00	120.00	106.00	0	100.00	0.00	100.00
3	Amphitheater High School Panthers	9.20	14.50	9.00	3	14.50	30.20	44.70
4	Pumpkin Poison	22.00	0.00	22.00	0	22.00	0.00	22.00
5	St Greory Hawks	36.70	27.40	41.00	0	36.70	0.00	36.70
6	Pueblo Magnet High Warriors	88.10	86.80	89.40	1	88.10	100.00	188.10
7	Chunkin Pucker	94.90	93.10	92.00	0	94.90	0.00	94.90
8	Jack O'Launcher	42.15	40.50	42.50	0	42.15	0.00	42.15