D.C. Washington state apple growers sponsored the event, which challenges grade-schoolers to build model racing cars completely out of fresh fruits and vegetables. The object of the nutrition education lesson is distance, not speed. D.C. The Lunch Box Derby is used by teachers to help instruct children in the importance of eating healthy foods.
Kids also get lessons in teamwork, mathematics, and physics as part of the program.
A lot of children at our school are now interested in nutrition and science who' ve never been interested before. The Scottish team, comprised of Jennifer Falconer, Jennifer McIlreavy and Helen Anderson, won the right to represent the United Kingdom by winning competitions at the local, regional, and national levels. Thousands of students from the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom participated in the Lunch Box Derby competition this year. All rights reserved.