Clinton County Middle School 5th and 6th Grade Science Club and STEM Science After-School members had a blast completing NASA-based projects this year.

CCMS was awarded a SoI (Summer of Innovation) NASA mini-grant to help purchase materials to do exciting projects, such as making edible comets, designing hot-air bag balloons, and conducting experiments to test properties of flight.

Science Club members were also challenged to design lunar rovers and landing pods with their own materials while meeting certain design requirements.

Student groups experimented with landing and then rolling their rovers down a ramp, all the while keeping their cargo on board.

The Science Club and After-school members would like to thank NASA for helping provide the awesome activities this year!

Next fall at CCMS, science club students will have an opportunity to build and launch rockets purchased through a separate grant recently obtained from the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Classroom Grant Fund. We are looking forward to another exciting year in science at CCMS. Both grants were written and obtained by Valerie Flanagan, sixth grade science teacher.

Students created their own hot air bag balloons and tested their properties during After School STEM Science sessions. Students pictured, left to right, are: Makayla Shelley, Jaden Mullins, Kaitlin York, Renee Cash, Vivan Zheng, Kaitlin Davis, Zach Smith, Andrea Duvall.

Fifth grade students Collin Roberts, Conlan Beck, and Caleb Guffey worked together to construct a planet rover prototype before they created their own rover designs.

Sixth grade students Noah Pruitt and Kobe Alexander watched as team members Kathy Radilla and Jessica Reyes tested the landing of their rover and landing pod.