FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — In many nations around the world, vast numbers of people live in small huts with sheet metal or thatched vegetation for a roof. The only sources of indoor light are a door and window.

But four Memorial Park Middle School eighth-graders hope to change that. As members of The Bright Idea Team, they’ll try to convince judges of their project during the Christopher Columbus Awards national finals June 9-14 at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla.