Day 3: Training Ends
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08:00
Team Time Activities
Campers bond and learn about teamwork and communication through activities related to the space program, preparing for a simulated mission.
09:00
Zero-G Wall
Specially designed chairs are attached to a counter-weight system which allows the chairs to move up and down effortlessly.
This effortless movement allows campers to experience a feeling of weightlessness.
10:00
Stomp Rocket Launch
By detecting the height of their rockets in flight, they explore the cause-effect relationship and how rocket design affects flight performance.
11:00
Mission
Campers work as a team in the simulated mission from launch to landing, where they learn teamwork, problem solving skills, and time management.
12:30
Area 51 Team Building Activities
Indoor teambuilding course to have participants work together to solve problems presented to them
13:00
Lunch
14:00
Space Station Mobility Trainer
Exercise simulation in space is crucial for preventing calcium loss and muscle tone deterioration. Astronauts on Skylab, who lived in space for 1-3 months, maintained their physical health by running around Skylab's inner surface
15:00
Mission Patch Design
Each team works to design a large mission patch and submits the patch along with a written description.
16:00
Hurricane 360 Simulator
Fully interactive and intensely fun experience with a space adventure using virtual reality.
Utilizing state-of-the-art motion control and high-performance virtual reality and can roll 360-degrees, making each action-packed mission a blast!
17:00
1/6th Gravity Chair
Designed to explain to the campers what it is like to walk on the Moon in a virtual reality environment using the VR headset
18:30
Midweek Review
The counselors can choose to use Pictionary, Charades or Sculptionary to review space related vocabulary
19:00
Dinner
20:00
Mars Explorer Rover
Campers have a virtual journey on the surface of the Red Planet using our Mars Rover simulator.
21:00
Space Bowl
This jeopardy-style quiz game helps the trainees review all the material presented over the week.
22:00
Return to Dorm