NASA Astro-Innovators
July 14-18 Grades K-5 1:00-4:00PM
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Campers use creative and collaborative skills to design a mission patch, train like an astronaut, and solve real-world engineering problems using spinoff technology, just like NASA astronauts working together on a mission. They propose answers to questions like “How could space suit cooling tubes be used to solve a problem here on Earth? How could robotic arms help make our world a better place?” Then, they create a storyboard and presentation to share their spinoff project and work on their science communication skills. This camp includes the following:
DAY 1
Welcome to Astro Innovators camp! Each day kids will be asked to think and act like NASA engineers. To get the week started, campers will design notebooks to be used throughout the week to help create important engineering habits such as sketching ideas, brainstorming, and recording thoughts. We’ll introduce the importance of teamwork as kids design their very own crew mission patch. Kids will also participate in a design challenge where they’ll be asked to build, race and land pasta rovers!
DAY 2
NASA engineers have to create many different types of technology to solve problems that have never been solved before. Kids will step into the shoes of an engineer and build several different models of NASA technology such as robotic arms.
DAY 3
NASA has many great accomplishments in space, but its research also has a huge impact on Earth! Kids will learn all about NASA spinoffs, participate in a spinoff treasure hunt and use the Engineering Design Process to help teach others about new uses for NASA technologies during a group project.
DAY 4
It’s time to re-design! Kids will use their work created earlier in the week to solve a problem using the Engineering Design Process and teamwork! They will need to brainstorm, think outside the box, communicate and create a plan to get their prototype approved!
DAY 5
Campers will iterate and improve their spinoffs in preparation for creating a short presentation that captures their thinking and tells their design story.
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