NBMS STEM Family Challenge #1
Due by October 29, 2024
Is Your Family Up for the Challenge?
NBMS "Quarterly" Family STEAM Challenge!
NBMS families,
How would you like to participate in quarterly STEAM activities with your children at home? Our first NBMS Family STEAM Challenge is:
"The Moon Rover Challenge"
Design and build a rubber band-powered rover that can scramble across the floor.
Materials:
- Materials (per rover)
- corrugated cardboard body (6-inch/15-cm square)
- 2 corrugated cardboard wheels (5-inch/13-cm square)
- 1 sharpened round pencil
- 2 rubber bands • ruler • tape
- 2 round candies (the hard, white, mint ones with a hole in the middle)
- 1 plastic drinking straw • scissors
*Due by the End of the Grading Period - October 29
*Bring your families project to the media center to be displayed for all to see.
Participants Receive:
- Certificate of Participation for each quarterly submission.
- If your family participates in and submits a finished product for 3 of 4 challenges this year, you will receive an authentic NASA Patch!
- All submissions must have the following document submitted with the project.
Think about the challenge
- What parts of the rover vehicle are similar to those of a car?
- What makes ATVs good vehicles for exploring the moon and other rough terrain?
- How many wheels does your rover need?
- What shape should your rover’s wheels be to make it move across the floor?
- TIP: Inventors and engineers work to invent and solve problems to help make the world a better place to live.
Good Luck on Your first Challenge!
New Bridge Magnet Middle School
401 New Bridge Street
Jacksonville, NC 28540
Email: Michelle.padgett@onslow.k12.nc.us
Website: https://nbms.onslow.k12.nc.us/
Location: 401 New Bridge Street, Jacksonville, NC, USA
Phone: (910)346-5144
Facebook: facebook.com/NewBridgeMiddleSchool
Michelle Padgett
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