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NASA Shoebox Challenge
The Shoebox Challenge began as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. That celebration had several parts.
Video conferences were arranged with schools in Ohio,
North Carolina middle and high school students were invited to enter several competitions:
* Build a glider around a shoebox and learn aerodynamics.
* Design a space suit to use during an exploration on the surface of Mars.
* Design a patch to symbolize the work of Ohio and North Carolina students and the flight's anniversary.
Performances of native American music, student poetry, and dance were shared during the video conference.
The event was so successful, the Shoebox Challenge was repeated for several years.
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- December 15, 2003 Bicentential Celebration
Videos
- Broadcast Montage: Short performance from Ohio—Wright sister. Integrating the arts, (poetry) questions for Astronaut Kathy Sullivan. Ohio—Wright machine shop, NCSU aeronautics student, portion of glider presentation (14:39 min)
- Flute Salute: Native American flute presentation (:44 sec)
- ISS Video Conference: Live conference with two astronauts on the International Space Station (9:37 min)
- Mission Patch Challenge: Background of mission patches and presentation of award (6:45 min)
- Mars Space Suit Challenge: Presentation of proposals for the space suits for the first Mars explorers
- Pitch, Yaw, and Roll: Performance (song and dance) of Pitch, Yaw, and Roll by the "Wright Brothers." (5:47 min)
- Q and A: Questions and answers with NASA, students, and teachers (4:54 min)
- Glider Challenge Winner: Complete presention by the team from Riverside High School (6:55 min)
- Airshow: Interviews with students and videos of their gliders in flight at the end of the festivities (7:18 min)
- Columbia Tribute: Model plane flown after the air show to pay tribute to the Shuttle Columbia crew (4:30 min)
- 2005 ShoeBox Challenge
Videos
- For the Teachers: Conference with NASA Challenge Master to introduce the challenge and provide up-front help. 10/13/05 (50 min)
- For the Students: Conference with NASA Challenge Master to introduce the challenge to students and provide up-front help and answer questions 11/03/05 (50 min)
- Challenge Presentations: Presentations to the Challenge Master, including follow-up questions. Video of the air show--flying the gliders 12/16/05 (80 min)
- Photo Archive
- 2006 ShoeBox Challenges
Videos
- February Challenge: Conference with NASA Challenge Master, 3 team presentations and follow-up questions. 2/24/06 (49 min)
- For the Students: Conference with NASA Challenge Master to introduce the challenge to students and provide up-front help and answer questions 11/13/06 (60 min)
- December Challenge: Glider presentations, with questions, to the Challenge Master, and the air show. The Fly Your Dreams award is presented to Dr. Mary Schweitzer. 12/15/06 (1 hr 46 min)
- Initial Challenge and Plan document
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