Showing posts with label STEM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label STEM. Show all posts

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Meet VECTOR


Meet VECTOR. She's the Math Sector Kicker. She's sassy and quick witted. She's always there to help ARCHIMEDES get the job done, even if she sometimes has to look like a baked potato to do it!

Meet ARCHIMEDES

Meet ARCHIMEDES. He's the Math Sector Hero.


ARCHIMEDES takes his name from famous Greek mathematician, Archimedes of Syracuse. Archimedes of Syracuse is considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. He put his math to good use as an inventor of siege engines and the Archimedes Screw, an efficient way of moving water uphill.

Meet RATCHET

Meet RATCHET. She's the Engineering Sector Kicker. RATCHET has a keen mind and cool head under pressure. You can always count on her to come up with a great idea to solve a problem, even if she has to do it in alphabetical order.

Meet GODDARD

Meet GODDARD. She's the Engineering Sector Hero. If something needs to be engineered and built, GODDARD is your gal. From Communicators to slingshots, GODDARD can engineer it all.



GODDARD takes her super hero name from Robert H. Goddard, American engineer and Father of Modern Rocketry. Robert H. Goddard's work built the foundation upon which NASA built the American space program.

Meet BETA


Meet BETA. She's the Technology Sector Kicker and came from Pluto with SPARCK to help keep her out of trouble. BETA doesn't have a problem with Earth saying Pluto is not a planet but actually a dwarf planet, but she prefers the term "Little Planet."

Meet KID QUASAR

Meet KID QUASAR. He's the Science Sector Kicker and helps TESLA and BACON get the job done. KID QUASAR is quick on his feet and has a very effective front kick.

Meet BACON


Meet BACON. He and his twin sister, TESLA, are the Science Sector Heroes. BACON gets himself in to all sorts of funny situations. Thankfully, TESLA is there to help straighten things out. Science Sector is front and center in Zoom-a-thon Episode 1 and the beginning of Episode 2.

Although BACON is a huge fan of the breakfast meat, bacon, he actually takes his super hero name from English scientists, Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon. Roger Bacon was an English scientist from the 1200s and Francis Bacon was an English scientist from the 1500s. Both Bacons made contributions to science through their advocation for the scientific method of discovery through experimentation.


Friday, September 6, 2013

Meet TESLA


Meet TESLA. She and her twin brother, BACON, are the Science Sector Heroes. Like most siblings, TESLA and BACON fight an awful lot, but they still manage to get the job done. Science Sector will take center stage in Zoom-a-thon Episode 1 and the beginning of Episode 2.

TESLA takes her super hero name from scientist, Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-born American scientist, inventor, physicist, and engineer. Nikola Tesla is best known for his work with alternating current electricity.