American Rocketry Challenge ’19

Here’s a way 6th-to-12th grade students can have a blast while gaining first-hand insight into the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills behind rocketry. It’s called the Team America Rocketry Challenge, and it’s the world’s largest student rocketry contest. Teams of three to 10 students (grades 6 through 12) will design, build and test a rocket. When it’s ready, they will submit qualification flights where the goal is to launch three raw eggs 856 feet into the air and return them safely to the ground. The top 100 teams nationwide - from an expected pool of 900 - go to the national finals in May 2019 near Washington, D.C. At this event, $100,000 in cash and prizes is on the line for teams that perform well. But it gets even cooler ... (Source: Scouting Magazine 10/25/18) Gulf Coast States Note: The 7-member RCS Engineers Rocketry Team – that included middle and high school students - from Russellville, Ala., took first place in the national finals of the 2015 Team America Rocketry Challenge; and followed that up with winning the international contest that same year at the Paris Air Show.