This year Budlong's seventh graders Katina B., Mariam J., taylor H., Oleida R., Natalia C., and Amanda U. came in second place for their project Shock 2005.

The  KidsTech Expo is a premier event which showcases the best and the brightest of our creative students and also enable families to share in a fun-filled learning-based event.  The 7th Annual Technology Expo marks the seventh year of the Exposition's Technology Contest.  The competition has increased rapidly with entries ranging from Environmental, Automotive, and Space technology as well as Robotics.    

Shock 2005 -Eel Electricity-The New Revolution is a project that was designed to solve real world problems by utilizing technology.  Here is what the team members had to say:

"We knew that hurricane Katrina had just struck, so maybe we could do something to help those poor people, but what? What is a problem that they had? Their power went out, they couldn’t do things like they did in their everyday lives. So we had it, we needed power! What makes electricity? Eels do! For some time, we’ve been trying to decipher the eel would affect the future, and how we would be able to use it. Wow, those eels sure can be of help! Now because of this invention, others as well as ourselves have opened their minds to the possibility of a new generation, the generation of eel electricity."