SNS is B.E.S.T.
On September 15th, SNS students began
participation in a flourishing program, Boosting Engineering,
Science, and Technology, a start-up program introduced in
1993 by two M.I.T. students; the competition has grown from its humble Sherman, TX,
genesis, becoming a nationally recognized competition that has challenged over FIFTY
THOUSAND participants since its inception in 1993. The program’s purpose is simple
and straightforward: help young scholars discover an untapped interest in the
engineering, science, and technology disciplines!
In 1962, we were introduced to George Jetson and family, including his ever-faithful
robot maid, Rosey. Baby Boomers will also remember TV’s Lost in Space, a sci-fi
adventure which shared the Robinson family, including their loved and trusted robot.
More recently, Robert Zemeckis unleashed his version of a modern-day robot in the
form of a stainless steel DeLorean, the time travel vehicle showcased in his 1985 film
Back to the Future. What’s the point?! SNS needs its own robot! They're practical,
they’re functional, and, hey, they’re cool!
SNS has been invited to participate in this year’s B.E.S.T. competition, one of only 21
schools in Northwest Florida. The competition’s theme this year is Surviving on Mars;
although this topic may be alien to you, we’re going to discover outer space together.
Tess Cox, SNS Board Member (… and mom … and engineer’s wife!), has agreed to
serve as our project coordinator, managing the overwhelming response to our call for
help. We've also received an outpouring of parental support, serving as team leaders,
work supervisors, referees, fixers, encouragers, supporters, etc. This project is not
just construction of a robot, but includes promotion of the program within our
community and enlisting the help of our feeder elementary schools’ students; making
verbal and media (PowerPoint, video, etc.) presentations to the project judges;
developing and maintaining a project engineering book, which we’ve talked about
designing as a baby book, capturing every memorable moment in the “birth” and life of
our robot.
The project’s lifecycle is 42 days which began with a Saturday, Sept. 15th, kickoff
meeting in Pensacola and will continue through Saturday, Oct. 27th, a Texas-style, no-
holds-barred competition to become My Favorite Martian. Sharon Martin, Kim Mixson,
and Travis Schwarzbach are functioning as project facilitators, acting as on-site (or
outer-site) liaisons between our project management team, i.e., parents, and our
campus scientists (a.k.a. our kids).
Remember, Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus, but we’re all in this
together. Live long and prosper. Nanu, nanu.
On September 15th, SNS students began
participation in a flourishing program, Boosting Engineering,
Science, and Technology, a start-up program introduced in
1993 by two M.I.T. students; the competition has grown from its humble Sherman, TX,
genesis, becoming a nationally recognized competition that has challenged over FIFTY
THOUSAND participants since its inception in 1993. The program’s purpose is simple
and straightforward: help young scholars discover an untapped interest in the
engineering, science, and technology disciplines!
In 1962, we were introduced to George Jetson and family, including his ever-faithful
robot maid, Rosey. Baby Boomers will also remember TV’s Lost in Space, a sci-fi
adventure which shared the Robinson family, including their loved and trusted robot.
More recently, Robert Zemeckis unleashed his version of a modern-day robot in the
form of a stainless steel DeLorean, the time travel vehicle showcased in his 1985 film
Back to the Future. What’s the point?! SNS needs its own robot! They're practical,
they’re functional, and, hey, they’re cool!
SNS has been invited to participate in this year’s B.E.S.T. competition, one of only 21
schools in Northwest Florida. The competition’s theme this year is Surviving on Mars;
although this topic may be alien to you, we’re going to discover outer space together.
Tess Cox, SNS Board Member (… and mom … and engineer’s wife!), has agreed to
serve as our project coordinator, managing the overwhelming response to our call for
help. We've also received an outpouring of parental support, serving as team leaders,
work supervisors, referees, fixers, encouragers, supporters, etc. This project is not
just construction of a robot, but includes promotion of the program within our
community and enlisting the help of our feeder elementary schools’ students; making
verbal and media (PowerPoint, video, etc.) presentations to the project judges;
developing and maintaining a project engineering book, which we’ve talked about
designing as a baby book, capturing every memorable moment in the “birth” and life of
our robot.
The project’s lifecycle is 42 days which began with a Saturday, Sept. 15th, kickoff
meeting in Pensacola and will continue through Saturday, Oct. 27th, a Texas-style, no-
holds-barred competition to become My Favorite Martian. Sharon Martin, Kim Mixson,
and Travis Schwarzbach are functioning as project facilitators, acting as on-site (or
outer-site) liaisons between our project management team, i.e., parents, and our
campus scientists (a.k.a. our kids).
Remember, Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus, but we’re all in this
together. Live long and prosper. Nanu, nanu.
Seaside Neighborhood School BEST
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