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[edit]
Put ideas here!
Physical models[edit]
Simulation software[edit]
World Wide Telescope[edit]
WorldWide Telescope looks very comprehensive and can even be run in a web browser.
Scale webpage[edit]
Celestia[edit]
Celestia is no longer developed (since 2011). Perhaps investigate some alternatives to Celestia?
Speakers/Professionals/Educators[edit]
- Sagamore Space Day contacts
- Georgia Tech Materials
- Aerospace
History[edit]
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))