Sagamore Space Day
As part of STEM at Sagamore, let's have a Space Day!
Discussion takes place in the volunteer group (email • archives • subscribe & more), and notes/documentation should be compiled on this page (just hit "edit").
This year (2013-2014) all classes will take a half hour on both Thursday and Friday, May 8 & 9, to do something special; Fernbank Science Center will make a presentation in a portable planetarium, and a scale model of the solar system will be experienced on the school field.
Activities
Put ideas here!
Simulation software
Celestia is computersoftware that lets you explore space on its many scales. Is probably too much for kids on their own, but as a presentation tool piloted by someone with knowledge to share, it's an engaging real-time experience. Multiple views allow concepts to be more easily understood, such as: days, years, moon phases, and scale.
- Celestia: Home
- Celestia download | SourceForge.net
- Celestia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Celestia - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
Speakers/Professionals/Educators
- Sagamore Space Day contacts
- Georgia Tech Materials
- Aerospace
History
Space Day at Sagamore began when 2013 kindergarten parent Brian Gardiner started thinking about STEM at Sagamore, which led to discovering the NASA Exploration Design Challenge, which led to a meeting with Principal Martin where she suggested making an entire Space Day!
- STEM Committee Meeting (✓ Done! (2013-08-28))
- September PTA Presentation by Brian Gardiner (✓ Done! (Tuesday, September 10, 2013))