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Posted by baalke on July 30, 2007, 12:30 pm
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Caltech News Release
For Immediate Release
July 30, 2007
Caltech Summer Camp Helps Kids Envision City on Mars
PASADENA, Calif.- Summer camp usually involves making craft projects
and singing around the campfire, but at the California Institute of
Technology and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, campers use their
imaginations and knowledge to design a community on Mars.
The first-ever "Fantastic Summer Science" camp organized by the Child
Educational Center will involve visits to labs at Caltech and JPL,
where children in grades 1 to 7 will learn not only the technical
requirements for sustaining a community on Mars, but also the social
science aspects of bringing individuals together to create a
successful society.
The camp, which will be held from August 6 to 10 and is completely
full, will provide children with the opportunity to explore the
physical and natural sciences via behind-the-scenes tours at JPL and
Caltech. This camp will take an inquiry-based approach, and the staff
will emphasize on inspiring the children's curiosity and desire to
learn.
The camp activity is part of JPL's Imagine Mars Project, a national
arts, sciences, and technology education initiative in which students
work together with scientists, engineers, artists, and civic leaders
to design and share a futuristic Mars community for 100 people.
The children will learn about the extremely harsh Martian environment
and imagine what human existence might be like on Mars. Caltech and
JPL, which Caltech manages for NASA, have worked closely together on
several Mars projects.
The children will visit the Mars Yard (a replicated Mars environment)
at JPL and will speak with JPL and Caltech experts as they begin to
create their model community. At Caltech, they will meet Michelle
Thaller, a research scientist at the Infrared Processing and Analysis
Center, who will show them how an infrared camera can depict slight
variations in temperature, and how this instrument is used by the
Mars Rover to get information on the planet surface. They will also
receive a tour of the Seismology Lab with Margaret Vinci from the
Caltech Office of Earthquake Programs and they will learn about the
differences between the crusts of Mars and Earth.
At the conclusion of the camp, the children will give a final
presentation to their teachers and families.
The CEC is a private, nonprofit organization and was founded in 1979
at the behest of Caltech and JPL in order to offer a high-quality
child-care program for its employees. CEC is also open to children
in the surrounding community. The CEC is accredited and concentrates
on helping children grow and learn intellectually, physically,
socially, and emotionally. For more information go to
http://www.ceconline.org/
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Written by: Anna Fioretti, intern
Contact: Jill Perry
(626) 395-3226
jperry@caltech.edu
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