Our STEAM Adventure

This week I had the opportunity to teach three of the five days at Brookhaven's STEAM Camp.  I wish I had taken the opportunity to work the first two days.  These kids were absolutely AWESOME.

AWESOME was a theme in NASA Education Specialist Jesse White's presentation today.  In addition to teaching the finer points of rocketry to these rising 3rd through 5th graders, he inspired the students to develop passions and work to achieve their goals.  He stated that being successful did not necessarily mean being the smartest person in the class but did depend greatly on ethics and the ability to persist when things don't necessarily go one's way.

The rocket assembly and launch today was wonderful.  I am certainly looking forward to the Dominion Post's coverage of this event.

Throughout the week, the kids had visits from Carnegie Science, SPARK, the Morgantown High Robotics Team (which gained very high marks from the teachers), Omni Associates, and NASA.  The children interviewed had very high praises for the camp, which had a consistent attendance in the 30s every day.

In the words of rising third grader Brandon, "This was the best camp ever!"

I can't wait to get that Makerspace in the new library!