Middle school students were challenged through beginning engineering projects at a Gateway to Technology summer camp on June 17-20, 2013, at Granbury Middle School. 

The tech camp, which was sponsored by the Granbury ISD career and technical education department, included numerous students who will be in grades 6-8 at Acton Middle School or GMS next school year. Included were a wide variety of hands-on activities that are encouraging them to work collaboratively within groups and use critical thinking skills to create various projects.

Projects included airplanes, an egg drop, water bottle rockets, dragsters, homemade ice cream, and experiment involving Mentos and Diet Coke.

Leading the camp were GMS teachers Jeff Berryman and Todd Gibson along with AMS teacher Brad Eppler. 

GTT is the beginning of the Project Lead The Way engineering courses, which prepare students to be innovative and productive leaders and to make meaningful, pioneering contributions to our world. The program provides a rigorous education through an engaging, hands-on curriculum and helps students develop problem-solving skills, critical thinking, creative and innovative reasoning, and a love of learning.