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Local Scout builds rocket launchers, earns Gold Award

by | Jun 10, 2020 | Latest

 A 6th grade project proved to be the catalyst to launch a Girl Scout Gold Award project for local teen Rachel Simms. The Girl Scout ad­ventures for the PISD student began when she was in kin­dergarten and have contin­ued throughout the years. As a student at Murphy Middle School, Rachel noticed rocket launchers used in a science lab provided inconsistent re­sults and were messy to use. Instead, she built three com­pressed air rocket launchers to replace the pressurized wa­ter launchers which brought accolades from science teach­ers throughout Plano ISD.

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