blog assignment #16

     SPACE CAMP TEACHES PEOPLE HOW TO WORK TOGETHER. THEY HAVE HANDS ON ACTIVITY'S TO KEEP THE STUDENTS FOCUS AND LEADERSHIP.IT ALSO HAVE AN EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT PROMOTE THE STUDY OF MATH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY. SPACE CAMP CAN BE VERY FUN IF YOU ENJOY DOING SPACE WORK.

SPACE CAMP HAS BECOME KNOWN AS ONE OF THE PREMIER MATH, SCIENCE , AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES.
     SPACE CAMP ARE REALLY FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOURTH GRADE ALL THE WAY UP TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. " SPACE IS SPECIAL" IS A PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. THERE IS ALSO A SPACE CAMP FOR ADULTS TOO. THEY HAVE A PROGRAM FOR PARENTS AND THERE CHILD FOR KIDS AS YOUNG AS 7 YEARS OLD. SO THEN THE PARENTS CAN BE DOING SPACE WORK WITH THEIR CHILD. 
    MORE THAN 500,000 STUDENTS AND ADULTS HAVE ATTENDED SPACE CAMP SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN JUNE 1982. THE USSRC SURVEYED 9,950 ALUMNI WHO ATTENDED CAMP BETWEEN 1987 AND 1992. ALLOWING LAPSE IN TIME FROM CAMP ATTENDANCE UNTIL INITIATION OF THE SURVEY TO MEASURE WHETHER ATTENDING CAMP HAD A LASTING EFFECT ON STUDENTS.
    APPROXIMATELY 12 % RETURN BACK TO SPACE CAMP EACH YEAR.AND THE RESULTS ARE DRAMATIC: 93% OF THE ALUMNI SAID THEY TOOK MORE SCIENCE COURSES, PARTICULARLY PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY. IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING CAMP; 91% REPORTED TAKING  MORE MATH; AND 74% SAID THEY LEARNED ABOUT CAREERS.
    NINE TITLE I SCHOOL FROM NORTH ALABAMA PARTICIPATED. THE PROGRAM CALLED NASA STARS, TRAINED 18 TEACHERS AND 382 STUDENTS. ASSESSMENTS REVEAL THAT STUDENTS SHOWED 21% GAIN IN KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS AND A47% GAIN IN THE KNOWLEDGE  AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION.