GRADES Pre-K to 5 | 2024-2025
Challenge 1C: Marvel-ous Miami
(4th and 5th Grade)
YOUR CHALLENGE:
South Florida needs your help! Only someone who takes action can make a difference. Imagine a new superhero whose job it is to protect our environment. What will this hero look like? What eco-problem will they combat? How will they come to the city’s rescue? Your hero can look like anything – a person with special powers, a human-like plant who can talk, or some fantastic creature from your imagination.
Embark on an imaginative journey through the streets of Miami by drawing your hero’s story in a comic strip. Choose one environmental issue that affects your community, like extreme heat, and think through a realistic solution. Download PDF for this info on one page
✓ Submission Requirements: | |
Comic strip drawing on 11” by 17” illustrating your hero’s fight against your chosen eco-threat. Comic must be at least 6 squares long. Your illustration should include your hero’s name, at least one conversation bubble per comic square, and a clear solution to the eco-threat. Your hero’s name should be related to your chosen eco-threat. You may use or model your strip based on this template. | |
Original hand-drawn artwork by students in colored pencil, crayon, pens, markers, pastels, or paints only; no computer-generated design. | |
Comic must include the student’s first name, last initial, grade and school name on the bottom right corner. | |
Digital Entry Form. | |
Physically submit all drawings delivered in person or mailed to Fairchild Challenge via certified mail to 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, Florida 33156, ATTN: Education Department. Hand deliver entries any day of the week M-Sun, 10a-5p at the South/Employee entrance, or drop off at the Visitor Center. | |
Electronic uploads of comics will not be reviewed. | |
Two submissions per grade level per school. | |
On-time submission. Late submissions will be accepted with a reduction in points. |
CHALLENGE RESOURCES:
Important Dates
Submissions Due:
Friday, October 18, 2024 by 5:00pm
Point Breakdown | |
Participants per submission | Individual or Groups up to 6 |
Maximum number of points per submission | 50 |
Number of submissions per grade level per school | 2 |
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Fairchild City in a Garden Standards
Heat Mitigation
This Challenge Meets these Standards of the
Green Schools Recognition Program
Category 4 (Curriculum Integration), Indicator A: Interdisciplinary Approach
Category 4 (Curriculum Integration), Indicator C: Field Experiences
Category 5 (Community Involvement), Indicator: Community Partnerships in School Activities