After attaching utensils to a robot’s limbs, Edison School fourth-grader Joseph Marquez shows off his Buddy Robot to Greenwich, Conn. resident Hillary Peruzzi. Peruzzi is talking to students about their creations with a half dozen other tristate-area Stanford University alumni volunteering at the Invention Convention at the Carver Center on Westchester Avenue on Saturday, Apr. 27.
Three Edison School fourth-graders won a second-place award for their full-body umbrella with a blue tooth speaker installed. Carver Center Director of Talent Management Gina Nocco hops inside to check it out while Kamila Jimenez stands with her friends Jaylee Ephraim and Allyson Sanchez and puts on some music.
After designing a Godzilla video game and marketing plan with his friends, Edison School fifth-grader Tyler Beccerra describes the plot to Keith Kaplan with a monster figurine he brought for the display. Kaplan traveled from Ramsey, N.J., to be a judge at the convention.
John F. Kennedy School fourth-grader Resendi Carrillo puts a coin into a box she made from cardboard that magically turns jars of slime into different colors. At the end of the day, Carrillo said she’s donating the change collected with the trick to the Carver Center.
Daniel Zavala looks very cool in the shades he tweaked by fastening colorful plastic filters to the inside. “It can help people with colorblindness or can just help you see the world in a different way,” the John F. Kennedy School fifth-grader said.
With a musical disco ball he constructed from scratch, Edison School fifth-grader Jazyn Barros won a first-place prize for his invention and comprehensive description poster.
