Florida Citizens for Science extends a hearty “good job” to the students and teachers of Williston High School who participated in the 14th annual Great Moonbuggy Race. I know that preparing for and traveling to the competition took a lot of time and effort. I hope they take it on again next year, and I hope more Florida teams consider joining in the fun.
WHS Science Teacher Lisa Hamilton and her husband Drue Hamilton, a Williston Middle School mathematics teacher, helped ninth grade students A.J. Collins, Chanbrie Himes and Chauncey Primous, Jeffrey Brannon, a tenth grader, Seth Stover, an eleventh grader and Amber Hollifield, a senior, as the team designed and built the WHS Moon Buggy.
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“This is their design from scratch,†she [Hamilton] said. “We looked at video of some of the moon buggies built last year. This is totally different from anything else. We have rear wheel steering.â€
NASA imposed some restrictions on the design. The moon buggy must carry two people, a boy and a girl. The moon buggy had to be able to be collapsed into a four-foot cube that consisted of three pieces. It had to be light. Part of the competition calls for the driver and the passenger both to be able to carry it 20 feet. That part of the testing is times, she said.
