Bloodhound launches record-sized STEM competition

Posted on 25 May 2016 by Jonny Williamson

The Bloodhoound education team has launched the largest STEM contest in history, with 10,000 teams from across the UK competing in the BBC micro:bit Model Rocket Car Competition.

The Model Rocket Car Challenge, supported by Guinness World Records, is the flagship activity for the BBC Micro:bit programme and features four categories catering for different age groups. Bloodhound microbit rocket car. Outright speeds have risen from 88mph to 533mph, a record set by the Joseph Whitaker School Young Engineers club in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.…

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