Ethan joined an elementary school competetion called Destination Imagination. The team representing Ethan's School, Cox Elementary, was assigned the topic "Breaking DI News." The kids had several months to work together outside of the classroom to build a structure out of newspaper and glue that weighed under 75 grams and could withstand a lot of weight. The kids also were to develop a play to go along with the structure. The play they developed was about recycling to go with the newspaper theme. The parents were under strict orders not to help the kids or give them ideas. The kids even had to sign a declaration of independence indicating that the ideas were their own. Here is a picture of Ethan's team the day of the competition and the sign they made.

The judge is measuring the box that the team designed for the play to make sure it fits within the guidelines.

Here one of the judges goes over the rules with the kids.

Ethan is adding weight to his structure which is inside of the wooden contraption.

One of the judges gives direction to the kids - see how many weights the structure held???

The structure weighted 72 grams and held 184 pounds!!! Here is a picture of the structure made of newspaper and Elmer's School Glue.

All the kids are gathering for the awards ceremony -

Ethan sits with dad

Ethan's team won 3rd place! Ethan shows off his medal.

The team finishes off the day with an ice cream celebration!!!