WorksheetsFIRE Board
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 4mins
Potential sponsors are curious to know, what is the official name of our amazing organization?
FIRE STEM
FIRE Rockets
FIRE Rocket Challenge
FIRE
Why would companies like SpaceX and NASA be excited about the FIRE Rocket Challenge?
Because it gives 5th-12th grade students a fun activity on Saturday mornings
Because it allows rocketry mentors and aerospace professionals to give back to the community
Because there's no need to be filled, it's just for fun
Because it boosts participation of youth traditionally considered under-served and underrepresented in STEM programs and model rocketry
What does STEAM stands for?
Science, Technology, Engineering, And Math
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math
Science, Technology, Engineering, Aerospace, Math
None of the above
What is our connection with FIRE STEM?
One entity
Competing programs
Fiscal Sponsorship
Hostile
Can you guess what exciting components make up our stellar program?
Exposure to Aerospace Careers via Competition, mentoring, and instruction
Rockets, Glue, Motors and Altimeters
We Are Still Figuring It Out
FIRE STEM, FIRE Rockets and National Association of Rocketry
What year was the FIRE Rocket Challenge piloted?
1964
2020
2024
2021
What are Build & Fly Workshops?
FIRE students teach participants to build a model and launch it later in the day
Participants build rockets in the morning and fly home in the afternoon
Ridiculously hard!
Participants design and create their own model and hope it is safe to fly in the afternoon
Who founded the FIRE Rocket Challenge
Christopher Columbus
Charis Houston and Vines
Mother and daughter team, Robin and Charis Houston
It has been founded yet
What international middle and high school rocketry competition is the FIRE Rocket Challenge a precursor for?
TARC
American Rocketry Challenge
NASA Student Launch
RockOn
What groups does the FIRE Rocket Challenge target as "underrepresented" youth?
Females, BIPOC youth, neurologically divergent learners, and students from under-resourced communities.
Students from affluent backgrounds
What is the financial structure of FIRE Rockets?
There is no structure!
A wing and a prayer!
All of the above
100% volunteer-run with out of pocket operations expenses and most materials/equipment costs covered by donations and sponsors
