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Scouts race handmade cars in virtual, in-person pinewood derby

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Scouts from Pack 471 competed in Pinewood derby races, a mix of in-person and virtual, on Saturday, January 16. For scouts to participate and watch virtually, the pack used a Zoom meeting. Two phones were set up on tripods—one at the starting gate and another at the finish line—pointed down the track so that online viewers could see a side-by-side live stream of the cars racing from the start to the finish line. The scouts built their own cars from a block of pine wood measuring 7 inches long, 1.75 inches wide and 1.25 inches tall. They designed and worked on the ...

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