Students cheer as their structure of toothpicks and gumballs withstands the weight of textbooks during the recent Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics week at Stearley Heights Elementary School on Kadena Air Base. STEM week is designed to help students learn and interact with one another as they develop problem solving and critical thinking abilities. The students are second-graders at the school. Elementary students inspired by Marines 131219-M-PJ295-403

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