Two Kansas fifth graders are making a splash with their invention to capture the ocean’s energy

Photography by Anna Petrow

At Glenwood Ridge Elementary in Basehor, Kansas, two fifth graders are thinking big—world-saving big. Meet Warren Heck and Jase Oxandale, best friends, tinkerers and newly minted inventors. Their idea? Harness the endless rhythm of the ocean to power a cleaner planet. “We made a water energizer,” Heck says, proudly describing the two-by-two-and-a-half-foot prototype they built… Continue reading Two Kansas fifth graders are making a splash with their invention to capture the ocean’s energy