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Kids
in the Koko NYC Soap Box Workshop program in Brooklyn put their creations to
the test Saturday afternoon in the 15th annual South Slope Derby.

All summer long, the kids have been building soap boxes
from recycled materials they’ve gathered to show off at the annual derby.

There were nearly 80 cars that the kids designed, built,
and tested during a week-long workshop. &nbsp;

Friends and families gathered to show support and cheer
racers on. A panel of judges also gave out trophies based on creativity,
design, engineering, and speed. 

Kids in the Koko NYC Soap Box Workshop program in Brooklyn are putting their creations to the test this afternoon in the annual South Slope Derby.

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Another check of that hyperlocal forecast. Definitely not as cold out there today and we have the sunshine too. So overall, this is just about as good as it gets for us. Not a bad way to close off the month, but we start off December with more clouds and a chance for a shower in the evening. It's mostly light rain, but it'll probably be around through the whole evening commute. Then the weekend comes with cloudy skies kind of spritzes and a little bit of drizzle. But as you see, temperatures have been kind of hovering close to 50 this afternoon and then we drop into the mid forties for any evening plans. So 7 p.m. dinner time looks cool but not cold. We're chilly in the morning time on Friday, a few spots close to freezing, but I'm expecting us to stay above it. And then Friday afternoon, temperatures are mostly in the mid forties with high temperatures close to 50 but it won't feel as warm tomorrow. And that's because we have cloudy skies. Here's a look at four o'clock seeing very light showers pass through the city and that will continue kind of on and off for us here in the Bronx at five o'clock, still some light showers tomorrow and then closing off Friday evening with just mainly cloudy skies. Those clouds just are so stubborn. Best chance of seeing the sun is gonna be on Saturday, but there's not much of it expect clouds to build overnight. Saturday with a few showers. If you have late Saturday evening plans, I'm talking after dinner time, Sunday, rain pretty much expected at some point in the afternoon or evening. Definitely not looking like a total wash at this point. But the later you get in the day, the better bahrain risk gets. So you need the umbrella there. Probably gonna need it for Monday morning too. That's still a few days out. But at least temperatures still look quite mild there and we're expecting high temperatures to stay only in the mid forties from the middle of next week. It's gonna be a little cool.

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South Slope Derby puts kids’ creations to the test

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kids in the cocoa new york city soapbox workshop program in Brooklyn are putting their creations to the test this afternoon in an annual Derby News 12. Shockey Dennis is there with us for a preview of the big race. That's right dan. These kids come from all over the city and they're lined up at the start line here and all summer long. They've been building these slope boxes from recycled materials and today they're ready to show off their hard work. This is the 15th annual South slope derby organized by Coco NYC, which offers workshops for kids centered around arts, technology and sustainability. There's about 70 cars here today that it's designed, built and tested during a week long workshop. All of the soap boxes are powered by gravity and of course ingenuity. I asked some of the kids here about what inspired their creations and I must say I'm pretty impressed a laundromat laundromat on the back, that's a washing machine. So I wanted to make like a big wedge for my car to make it as aerodynamic as possible inspiration for it was The counselor Freddie who has a huge mustache this year. I wasn't going for looks, I was going for a performance, what expired my car. I was like stranger things because I really am a big fan of stranger things. It was first a fighter jet, but then I realized it was too hard and they wouldn't let me use all the wood. So I had to go for a different approach and there's also a panel of judges that will be giving out trophies based on design, productivity, engineering and speed in south slope and shock to Dennis News 12.

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