More than 1,000 area students put their creativity, ingenuity and teamwork skills to the test at Broome-Tioga BOCES annual Engineering Day events.For the first time spread over three days due to growing interest, the hands-on challenge attracted students from 25 area school districts as they worked in teams to create the best "Rube Goldberg Machine" using a box of common household objects. The timed challenge was divided into three grade-level categories: high school, middle school and elementary school.