Discovery Place Education Studio Summer Course Guide 2015 | Page 6

Engineering Alternative Energy
Date: July 8 8:30 a.m. - noon
Registration Fee: $60
Think, design, create, test and evaluate. Explore projects to get students thinking
about ways to develop alternative energy sources.

Aerospace: Gliders & Rockets
Date: July 10 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Registration Fee: $75
Explore aviation through a series of hands-on, inquiry-based experiments.
Participants design and construct gliders and rockets to test their knowledge of the
science of aerospace. Lunch will be provided.

MAVEN: Mission to Mars
Date: July 13 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Registration Fee: $15
Learn about NASA’s Mars Atmosphere Volatile EvolutioN mission and
instrumentation, which arrived at Mars on September 21, 2014. MAVEN instruments
will help scientists better understand Mars’ atmosphere and gather data to address
questions of interest, such as, “How did Mars’ atmosphere evolve? What happened
to the water on Mars? What happened to Mars’ thick atmosphere?” Participate in
activities exploring concepts such as spectroscopy, solar wind, ions and magnetism
that can be utilized to engage students in learning about MAVEN research.

DIY: Plant Presses
Date: July 15 10:00 a.m. - noon
Registration Fee: $35
Turn your schoolyard into an outdoor classroom. Make a plant press to take home
and create plant collections. Participate in hands-on activities that can be used to
assist students in utilizing plant collections to reinforce curriculum. North Carolina
Environmental Education Criteria III credits are available upon request.

Ocean Exploration
Date: July 16 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Registration Fee: $20
Learn about the experience of a NOAA Teacher at Sea and Science
Communication Fellow. Discuss technology used to explore the ocean, current
marine research and ocean ecology kits that can be checked out to use in your
classroom. Review resources that can be used to enhance ocean literacy instruction
and learn about the unique habitats at Discovery Place’s aquarium. North Carolina
Environmental Education Criteria III credits are available upon request.

West Ed’s Making Sense of Science: Rocks and Minerals
Date: July 21 and 22 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Registration Fee: $150
What do mountains, creek beds and sidewalks all have in common? They are
all made of rock, a complex material that is part of its own Earth system—the
geosphere. Explore how the physical properties of rocks result from the way the
rock formed. Practice identifying the process that formed various rocks [