{"id":15907,"date":"2018-04-23T14:57:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T18:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15907"},"modified":"2018-04-23T14:59:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T18:59:18","slug":"participate-in-train-like-a-martian-challenge-sponsored-by-mars-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15907","title":{"rendered":"Participate in “Train Like a Martian Challenge” sponsored by Mars Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mars Generation<\/a> is sponsoring a competition and activities event for students and educators called\u00a0Train Like A Martian Challenge<\/span><\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

Join Us For Our 3rd Annual\u00a0#TrainLikeAMartian<\/a>\u00a0Challenge<\/strong>
\nMay 14-18, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Sign up now<\/a>\u00a0and join us for our\u00a0third annual #TrainLikeAMartian event! We\u00a0expect that the event will be a blast! Anyone can join including\u00a0individuals, students,\u00a0teachers<\/a>,\u00a0schools<\/a>, sports teams, community organizations and anyone who wants to get involved. For educator resources to plan for the event please\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is the #TrainLikeAMartian challenge?\u00a0The #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge is a week of fun activities that brings awareness to the importance of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) education, space exploration, and physical fitness to students and adults\u00a0around the world! This is a chance to have fun, spread an important message, and have a opportunity to win some cool space and STEM prizes May 14-18, 2018!<\/p>\n

Daily prizes include:\u00a0<\/strong>TMG magnets, TMG logo patches, TMG stickers, Astronaut Abby patches, TMG coloring books and more! We will hold multiple random drawings of all entries each day of the event May 14-May 18, 2018.<\/p>\n

Grand prizes include:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arckit A180 The Architectural Model Design Tool (4 lucky winners) $170.00 Value:\u00a0<\/em>The\u00a0Arckit 180<\/a>\u00a0provides everything you need to design and build your own impressive model structures up to 180 sq.m (1,937 sq.ft) to scale,\u00a0including adhesive sheets to add realistic building finishes. There are no set instructions \u2013 just follow your imagination!<\/p>\n

Lottie Doll Supreme Play Package (1 lucky winner):\u00a0<\/em>1 Star Gazer doll,1 Muddy Puddles doll, and 1 Wildlife Photography doll,\u00a01 Doll Treehouse<\/a>, and 1 Astro Adventure Suit.<\/p>\n

1 Lottie Doll of Winner\u2019s Choice plus 1 Astro Adventure Suit (3 lucky winners)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Grand prize drawing will be after the event. Winners will be chosen by random drawing of all entries throughout the event.<\/p>\n

Constellation Community Challenge<\/strong>: Our event sponsors: \u00a0United Launch Services (ULA)<\/a>,\u00a0Lottie Dolls<\/a>,\u00a0Arckit<\/a>,\u00a0Indulge Sweets<\/a>,\u00a0Aerojet Rocketdyne<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0Classform.com<\/a>\u00a0have joined forces to offer a $10,000 matching challenge grant to our community. Please help us earn this $10,000 challenge grant by becoming part of our constellation community by\u00a0donating today<\/a>! Every donation up to $10,000 is matched 100%!\u00a0Donate now here!<\/a><\/p>\n

All donations through May 18, 2018 will be doubled up to $10,000!\u00a0Click here for details.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This means we have the potential to raise $20,000 for The Mars Generation programs including sending students who lack financial resources to Space Camp!\u00a0Donating is not required to participate in the challenge,<\/strong>\u00a0but for every $25 donated you will receive on entry into the daily and grand prize drawings.\u00a0Click here to donate.<\/a><\/p>\n

Want to earn special rewards?<\/strong>\u00a0Become a fundraiser for The Mars Generation Train Like A Martian challenge for a chance to earn exclusive rewards. Scroll to the bottom fo the page for all fundraising rewards.\u00a0Fundraising is not required to participate in the challenge.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Continue to the\u00a0Train Like A Martian Challenge<\/a><\/strong> website for more details about the competition including how to enter…<\/em><\/p>\n

See also\u00a0Train Like A Martian Challenge For Classrooms and Schools<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The Mars Generation is sponsoring a competition and activities event for students and educators called\u00a0Train Like A Martian Challenge: Join Us For Our 3rd Annual\u00a0#TrainLikeAMartian\u00a0Challenge May 14-18, 2018 Sign up now\u00a0and join us for our\u00a0third annual #TrainLikeAMartian event! We\u00a0expect that the event will be a blast! Anyone can join including\u00a0individuals, students,\u00a0teachers,\u00a0schools, sports teams, community organizations … Continue reading Participate in “Train Like a Martian Challenge” sponsored by Mars Generation<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests-and-games","category-education","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-48z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14380,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14380","url_meta":{"origin":15907,"position":0},"title":"“Train Like a Martian Challenge”: Sign up for a week of activities for all ages","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Mars Generation\u00a0is sponsoring the second\u00a0Train Like A Martian Challenge\u00a0event\u00a0May 22-26, 2017: Sign up now\u00a0and join us for our\u00a0second annual #TrainLikeAMartian event! 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