LISBON, Ohio – Kyanne Pierson, a sixth grader in Lisbon schools, holds the frame of a model rocket, showing off the thought process and skills it took to design it on a 3D printer. She was among a small group that worked on the project, taking care to ensure it could hold the necessary equipment such as a fuel tank, plus the astronauts.
An egg was placed inside the vessel to test its durability, but the shell cracked the first time. Then, another team member put part of a plastic cup around the rocket ship. It held the craft together and protected the egg.
“My favorite part about it was seeing what worked and what didn’t,” said Pierson, whose group started the project this spring.
It’s part of a program throughout Columbiana County schools, funded in part by the Ohio Department of Education’s RemotEDx subgrants for nonprofit or community-based student…
