Third grader's fish drone earns national award

Eesha ’28, Anisha '32 and a friend are among national winners of the 27th annual Toshiba ExploraVision competition, the world’s largest K-12 STEM competition. They each earned a $10,000 savings bond and an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. for an awards ceremony and showcase in June. Click here to read a press release shared through The Associated Press' news wire, and read below of their regional award for a fish-looking drone to reduce marine pollution.

by Juanita I.C. Traughber, communications director

Representatives from Toshiba visited University School of Nashville on Thursday, April 11 to present third grader Eesha, her sister 
Anisha (a rising USN kindergartner at now Primrose School of Hendersonville), and her friend Mithra (a third grade student at Nannie Berry Elementary School) with a laptop and awards for their work on a global warming research project.

Eesha and Mithra worked on the science project as part of the ExploraVision contest sponsored by Toshiba. They proposed the creation of a solar-powered, GPS-operated fish drone that would ingest plastic polluting oceans and convert the waste into biodegradable products. Third Grade Teacher Barbara Voehler sponsored their contest entry. Out of thousands of entries, Toshiba named them regional winners, and they head to the national competition.

In 2018, Eesha and Mithra proposed a genetically-engineered chlorophyll cell could negate the effects of carbon dioxide. They donated their prize laptop to USN, and it was shared with a High School student in need.

Congratulations to these budding engineers and scientists.
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