Page 8 - 2019 March BPS news

Boeing Sends Students
BPS Hosts First Competitive Innovation Games
Brevard Public Schools hosted the first competitive Innovation Games for elementary, middle and high
school students from public, charter and private schools. The event was the largest gathering of STEM/STEAM competitions in the state of Florida, with 63 participating schools and more than 700 students. Students teams competed in coding, unmanned aerial systems (drones), remotely operated underwater vehicles, carbon dioxide dragsters, trebuchets, gliders and presentations of student designs/inventions for a “Shark Tank” event. The event provided an opportunity for students to demonstrate, learn and spark a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM).
Congratulations to Palm Bay Elementary, Ralph Williams Elementary, Turner Elementary, Endeavour Elementary, West Shore Jr./Sr. High School, Johnson Middle School, Eau Gallie High School, Westside Elementary, Ocean Breeze Elementary, South Lake Elementary, Edgewood Jr./ Sr. High School, Madison Middle School, Palm Bay Magnet High School, Roosevelt Elementary, R.L. Stevenson Elementary, Heritage High School and Merritt Island High School for earning monetary awards for placing in the various competitions.
Event sponsors included Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC), Aethervision, CodeCraft Works,
Horace Mann Companies, Harris Corporation, Larsen Motorsports, NASA, Northrop Grumman, UCF Florida Solar Energy Center, and the United States Air Force.
Photos of the event can be viewed here.
on a Mission to Mars
BPS students created out of this world habitats to plan for life on Mars, as part of Boeing’s “Destination Mars Mission Challenge Day” – an event designed to provoke students’ imaginations and encourage them to pursue careers in STEM-related fields through hands-on class activities. Throughout the year, students work on several challenges in class and then gather together to demonstrate their work and findings. This year’s challenges included:
• Designing wearable technologies that would help people live on Mars
• Coding and designing in Minecraft, a block-based building video game, to create a dome-like habitat
• Programming robots and rovers to maneuver and complete tasks on a Martian map
• Creating a pod-like model to help humans live on
Mars, the ‘Challenge Day’ event involved more
than 160 students representing 14 schools. Boeing representatives were on hand to judge the competition. Winning teams included:
Category: Minecraft Biodome
1st place – Holland Elementary
Honorable Mentions – West Melbourne School for Science, South Lake Elementary
Category: Ozobot Rovers
1st place - West Melbourne School for Science Honorable Mentions – Freedom 7 Elementary, Holland Elementary
Category: iWear
1st place – West Melbourne School for Science Honorable Mentions – Endeavour Elementary, Ocean Breeze Elementary
Category: Martian Base Camp Pod
1st place – Freedom 7 Elementary
Honorable Mentions – South Lake Elementary, Westside Elementary
Special Awards Categories
Top Overall Score – Freedom 7 Elementary
Team Collaboration – Palm Bay Elementary Creative Problem-Solving – Cape View Elementary STEM Sportsmanship – South Lake Elementary VIP Choice Award – Holland Elementary
Check out the feature story on 2019 Teacher of the Year, Shannon Kraeling, in the March print and digital editions of everythingbrevard.com.
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This curriculum was made possible with grants from Boeing, the ShareSpace Foundation and the Brevard Schools Foundation.
Check out our future STEMgineers’ innovations here and coverage of the event here!
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