Challenger Summer Academy
Challenger Summer Academy
Course Schedule
Summer 2001
| Academy
Level I |
| Name: |
Rocket Boosters |
| Dates: |
June 11-15 (Session
1) |
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June 25-29 (Session
2) |
|
August 6-10 (Session
3) |
| Time: |
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 1-2,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$100/cadet |
| Description: |
|
For creative first and
second graders, we will launch into our course with hands-on
activities about the Solar System, living in space, and even
learning how astronauts train!
|
| Name: |
Awesome Astros |
| Dates: |
June 11-15 (Session
1) |
|
June 25-29 (Session
2) |
|
August 6-10 (Session
3) |
| Time: |
12:30 PM – 4:30 PM, Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 3-4,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$100/cadet |
| Description: |
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Awesome Astros is an
exciting program that offers a variety of hands-on
activities exploring flight, solar power, and how astronauts
live in space!
|
| Name: |
Intermediate Rocket
Academy |
| Dates: |
July 30-August 3
(Session 1) |
| Time: |
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM,
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 5-8,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$100/cadet |
| Description: |
|
Intermediate Rocket Academy
builds upon the concepts introduced in the Basic Rocket
Academy and introduces advanced rocketry concepts such as
multiple stages, payload rockets, and advanced recovery
systems. Are you ready for the second stage?
|
| Name: |
Space Explorers |
| Dates: |
July 16-20 (Session
1) |
|
July 30-August 3
(Session 2) |
| Time: |
12:30 PM – 4:30 PM,
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 5-8,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$100/cadet |
| Description: |
|
Have you ever wondered how
we find out about space? This hands-on academy will have
cadets learn about unmanned probes and current space
missions and how information is gathered and interpreted.
|
| Academy
Level II |
| Name: |
Basic Rocket Academy |
| Dates: |
June 18-22 (Session
1) |
|
July 16-20 (Session
2) |
| Time: |
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM,
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 5-8,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$100/cadet |
| Description: |
|
Build and fly water and
solid-propellant rockets! Learn how to safely launch your
machines faster and higher than ever before! Newton’s laws
of Motion and the forces that affect rocket flight will be
explored, to give you the training you need to be GO for
launch.
|
| Name: |
Robotix |
| Dates: |
June 18-22 (Session
1) |
|
July 16-20 (Session
2) |
| Time: |
12:30 PM – 4:30 PM,
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 5-8,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$100/cadet |
| Description: |
|
Learn about the basic
science behind the design and operation of robots. With
Beginning Robotix, Cadets will learn the basics in building
and programming robots for simple and complex tasks.
|
| Name: |
Cosmic EdVentures |
| Dates: |
June 18-22 (Session
1) |
|
July 23-27 (Session
2) |
| Time: |
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM,
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 5-8,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$100/cadet |
| Description: |
|
Become a tour guide for the
Solar System! Participants train to become Planetary
Excursion Planners (PEPers), exploring all the member of our
Solar System, the scale of the planets, phases of the Moon,
the Sun, many more fascinating features in the Solar System.
|
| Name: |
Comet Academy |
| Dates: |
June 18-22 (Session
1) |
|
July 23-27 (Session
2) |
| Time: |
12:30 PM – 4:30 PM,
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 5-8,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$225/cadet |
| Description: |
|
Cadets in this academy will
undertake all the necessary training to embark on a
Challenger mission: Rendezvous with a comet. The week
will include station-specific and whole group activities
needed to successfully complete their mission, which will
take place on Mission Day in Challenger Learning Center’s
state-of-the-art Spacecraft and Mission Control simulators.
|
| Name: |
Mars City Alpha |
| Dates: |
July 16-20 (Session
1) |
|
July 30-August 3
(Session 2) |
| Time: |
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM,
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 5-8,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$100/cadet |
| Description: |
|
Mars City Alpha is an
exciting classroom simulation that will transform Cadets
into scientists and engineers launching an international
effort to design the first settlement on Mars. Are you ready
for the challenge?
|
| Name: |
Advanced Robotix |
| Dates: |
July 30-August 3
(Session 1) |
| Time: |
12:30 PM – 4:30 PM,
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 5-8,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$100/cadet |
| Description: |
|
Advanced Robotix will
explore more advanced applications of Robotix including
advanced programming and complex robotic systems. This
session builds upon principles developed in Beginning
Robotix, so prior Robotix experience is suggested.
|
| Academy
Level III |
| Name: |
Advanced Rocket
Academy |
| Dates: |
June 11-15 (Session
1) |
|
July 23-27 (Session
2) |
| Time: |
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM,
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 9-12,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$150/cadet |
| Description: |
|
Cadets in this academy will
design and build their own payload and multistage scientific
rockets – from scratch. Each cadet will be tasked with
developing his or her own rocket design, then will test it
using simulation programs and wind tests. Upon completion of
a safe design, cadets will construct their rockets and carry
out their program of scientific investigation. The academy
will cover in detail Newton’s Laws, the Scientific Method,
and the principles of rocket flight and recovery.
|
| Name: |
Basic Flight School |
| Dates: |
June 11-15 (Session
1) |
|
July 23-27 (Session
2) |
| Time: |
12:30 PM – 4:30 PM,
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 9-12,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$150/cadet |
| Description: |
|
Do you have the right
stuff? Learn what it takes to fly aircraft and spacecraft in
this introduction to piloting taught by a former Naval
Flight Officer. Learn the principles of flight, aircraft and
spacecraft navigation, propulsion, and the basics of
stick-and-rudder handling in our simulators. Military and
astronaut flight training procedures will be introduced as
well.
|
| Name: |
Mars Academy |
| Dates: |
June 25-29 (Session
1) |
|
August 6-10 (Session
2) |
| Time: |
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM,
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 9-12,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$150/cadet |
| Description: |
|
Design the next mission to
Mars! Cadets will be tasked with planning every phase of a
robotic mission to Mars, from launch to landing on the Red
Planet. Cadets will also be responsible for designing and
operating a teleoperated Mars Microrover which will complete
all mission objectives while exploring a simulated Martian
terrain.
|
| Name: |
Moon Academy |
| Dates: |
June 25-29 (Session
1) |
|
August 6-10 (Session
2) |
| Time: |
12:30 PM – 4:30 PM,
Monday – Friday |
| Grades: |
Entering Grades 9-12,
Fall of 2001 |
| Cost: |
$225/cadet |
| Description: |
|
Academy cadets are
returning to the Moon – this time to stay. Join the crew of
the first mission to the lunar surface since Gene Cernan
left in the LM Challenger in 1972. Cadets will learn
all phases of the mission, including all stations on board
the Lunar Colony Module. The academy will culminate on
Mission Day with a full simulated mission to the Moon in
Challenger Learning Center’s Spacecraft and Mission Control
Simulators. You are GO for trans-lunar injection!
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For additional
information please contact the CLC or use this form.
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