2016 Competition (Third Annual)
SPARC is the Student Payload and Rocketry Challenge with the emphasis more on the payload. SPARC begins June 1, 2016 and ends October 8, 2o16 with a Rocket Science Fair at the ROCtober launch with the Rocketry Organization of California. Students (7th through 12th grade) participating in SPARC will:
- Design an engineering or scientific payload using Arduino electronics
- Submit a proposal of the project and have it approved
- There are two challenges (launched to 1,000 – 2,500 feet and are NOT orbital)
- CanSat (Similar to the European CanSat program for high school) – recommended for 9th – 12th grade students participating in SPARC
- Small Satellites for Secondary Students AND build a 3″ diameter rocket – recommended for 7th and 8th grade students participating in SPARC
- Keep an Engineering Notebook
- Participate in the Rocket Science Fair at ROCtober on October 8, 2016
- Plaques are awarded
Photo SlideShow from SPARC 2014
Arduino Tutorials are posted in the SPARC tutorial pages for Arduino, CanSats, and eventually S4