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 submissionIndividual or Groups up to 6
Maximum number of points per submission50
Number of submissions per grade level per school2

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Evaluation Criteria

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