{"id":10065,"date":"2021-04-27T15:51:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/?p=10065"},"modified":"2021-04-27T15:51:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:51:59","slug":"partners-in-ministry-is-taking-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2021\/04\/partners-in-ministry-is-taking-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Partners In Ministry is Taking Off!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/files\/2021_Advance_Pew_Card_Promo_Card_720x405-1-660x370.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10042\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PIM Receives Special Recognition! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PIM\u2019s SYSTEM program was one of 10 centers across North Carolina to participate in a NASA Design Challenge along with being an evaluation site to highlight the need for authentic, hands-on, real-world applications of STEM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The design challenge is a partnership between NASA and the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s 21st Century Community Learning Centers which will allow sites to execute a series of engineering design challenges for third to eighth-grade students. The program is part of the on-going effort to solve the shortage of students with mastery of science, technology, engineering and math skills by the U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a wonderful opportunity for our students,\u201d said SYSTEM Program Director Carolyn Banks. \u201cWe participated in this NASA Challenge two years ago and it was a wonderful learning opportunity for students. We concluded the program with a trip to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;With the onset of COVID-19, progress has been slow but our students are eager to get started. They recently watched the landing of Perseverance virtually with their class, they have to use the Engineering Design Process, teamwork, and other problem-solving strategies to complete this challenge. It\u2019s going to be fun.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The SYSTEM Challenge will be \u201cParachuting onto Mars\u201d where students will work in teams to design and construct a drag device that will slow down the team-build cargo bay when it\u2019s dropped from a consistent height, similar to how when a spacecraft goes to land on the surface of Mars it needs a drag device to slow it down and prevent it from crashing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/files\/IMG_2013-660x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10070\" width=\"497\" height=\"331\" \/><figcaption>SYSTEM After-school participants watched<br>NASA launch the landing of Perseverance on Mars.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe started with the introduction on Feb. 1 and our middle-grade students returned March 8, our official in-person kick-off for all students,\u201d Banks said. \u201cAll students have to have permission forms signed and we are still accepting new students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The STEM challenges by NASA are a way to introduce students to the engineering design process so they can develop solutions to real NASA challenges and students work with NASA engineers and scientists to receive feedback on their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You can help! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Partners In Ministry<\/strong> is located in Laurinburg and their afterschool program is only one of the many ways they are serving their community. 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