Space Camp and Museum Adventure 

Available for 26 Middle School Students 6th - 8^th grade 

Download the forms at the bottom of this page          

 President’s Day Weekend Feb 16^th-20^th, 2012

This program will be offered on a bi-annual basis. The next time we will offer this program will be during the 2013-2014 school year. The last date for registration is October 27^th

The registration form can be downloaded from your school’s home webpage. Cost of the trip is $530.00 + $80.00 for food while traveling. Down payment of $239.00 must accompany the registration form. The first 26 students with complete registrations will participate in the trip. A wait list will be created. Down payment money will be returned to parent/guardians of students who are wait-listed and do not participate in the trip.

Tentative itinerary:

Thurs., Feb 16^th Bus leaves Mpls, visit St. Louis Arch, overnight near St. Louis 

Fri., Feb. 17^th Drive to Huntsville. Space Camp begins at noon.

Sat. Feb 18^th, Space Camp

Sun. Feb 19^th, Space Camp graduation. Drive to Chicago, overnight near Chicago.

Mon. Feb 20^th Visit The Field Museum and The Shedd Aquarium. Drive to Mpls.

Contact: renae.lenhardt@anoka.k12.mn.us

The Space Camp Pathfinder program is composed of non-stop activities exploring the history, present and future of manned space flight. Participants are immersed in hands-on training for a space shuttle mission, experiencing both shuttle and space station simulators. Highlights of the trip…  http://www.spacecamp.com/

· Missions

The mission is the highlight of the time at camp. During a mission, the trainees take on the role of a member of mission control or a member of a shuttle flight crew.

· 1/6^THCHAIR

The trainees find out how it would feel to walk on the moon, where there is only one sixth of the Earth’s gravity, in this simulator inspired by the Apollo program.

· MULTI-AXIS TRAINER

This simulator, modeled after a trainer used in the Mercury program, allows the trainees to experience the disorientation astronauts would feel if a capsule went into a tumble spin. Trainees learn the six degrees of freedom as they test our MMU simulator.

The St. Louis Gateway Arch http://www.stlouisarch.com/experience/  

is a monument to westward expansion in the USA.

The Field Museum of Natural History http://fieldmuseum.org/containsSue the most complete and best preservedTyrannosaurus rexfossil yet discovered. See the Mammals of Asia and Africa, the Hall of Gems, Ancient Egypt, Dioramas, Ancient Americas, and the Evolving Planets among other exhibits.

The Shedd Aquarium http://www.sheddaquarium.org/contains 1500 species including fish, marine mammals, birds, snakes, amphibians, and insects.