Springer’s Cans for Coasters showcases science projects, collects canned goods for food pantry


(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 8, 2016) Springer Elementary School sixth grade science students hosted Cans for Coasters Jan. 29, showcasing the roller coaster projects they made as the culminating activity to the force and motion unit.

All grade levels attended and brought a canned good as admission. The sixth graders collected more than 500 canned goods to donate to the food pantry at Rockwall County Helping Hands.

Photos submitted by Dawn Rogers, 6th grade science, Springer Elementary School. 

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