For over 10 years, our family have been learning from a working astronaut who come to El Camino College on Space Day each year to share his or her experiences in space and while training. This year marks the 27th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident that took the lives of the seven crew members including Ellison Onizuka. We have met male, female, American as well as foreign astronauts over the years and you can follow up with a follow-up session to meet the astronaut and ask questions close up. This year, you will meet Dr. Jeanette J. Epps - for more details, see this link: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/epps-jj.html
While recommended for middle school students and older, elementary students interested in science can fully enjoy almost all the breakout sessions focusing on various themes. The most sought-after sessions are usually taken by those who stand in line as early as 6.30am or 7am. By 8am check-in time, the line is pretty long, but the In-and-Out lunch tickets are guaranteed for the first 800 students in line. I have been going to Space Day for many years and I always try to get there by 7am and am able to get six tickets for each session to share with others in my group.
This year, since my family and I are fundraising to support the orphaned Orang Utan in Sepilok Sanctuary in Borneo, I am asking for a $10 donation per family so that you don't have to stand in line for the breakout session tickets and can come to El Camino College as late as 8.30am in time to get a good seat in the auditorium for the 9am astronaut presentation after getting your breakout session tickets from me. If you are joining my group, please meet me inside Marsee Auditorium near the water fountain at between 8.15am and 8.45am. Each student can get one Session A and one session B ticket (two total) and a lunch ticket. No tickets are needed for the astronaut's presentation and for the hands-on experimental tables outdoors. Parents do not need tickets and can stand in the back of each session except for the Planetarium session if you wish to enter the Planetarium with your children. My group usually meet for lunch right near the location of the Egg Drop Competition where you can see whose eggs survive or plop the three-storey-building drop!
I will blog about our forthcoming trip to Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary this summer when we bring our accumulated donations to adopt (via-financial support) as many orphaned Orang Utans as possible. These are the infants who survive between felled tree trunks when their mothers die when hit during the logging of primary rain forests and cleared for palm oil production. Our worldwide demand for hardwoods and palm oil for both our processed foods and our margarines as well as biofuel.
If you wish to join my group, please email me BY midnight Friday April 19 at reallykf@gmail.com and please give me your first, second and third choices of a pair of breakout tickets for Session A (after astronaut's presentation) and Session B (after Session A) from this list of choices. First come, first served on the most popular choices. I will email you instructions on donation payment if you wish to join my group. Please note that all the tickets are free if you wish to stand in line yourself. All donations will go 100% directly to support the care of orphaned Orang Utans and their rehabilitation back to the forests.
The first breakout session will run from 10:45 to 11:30 and the second session will begin at 11:45 and end at 12:30. Lunch will follow the second session and the Egg Drop Competition will be presented during lunch.
See Tonight’s Stars, Planets, and Constellations (Planetarium Show)
PARTICIPANTS MUST BE ON TIME – PLANETARIUM DOORS SHUT PROMPTLY AT THE START OF THE SHOW!
Let’s Take a BirdWalk!
NASA Mars Missions
Chemical Magic Show
Dude, Where’s My Air?
Paint Making – Prussian Blue (Participants must be in grade 5 or older)
Get Your Hands on Chemistry
Robotics Demonstration
Hypothesis Game
The Lost Recipe for "Dizzy Dog" Medicine
The Buzz on Space “Bugs”
El Mundo de los Insectos
The World of Insects
Rock and Fossil Discovery Zone
Solving the Mystery of the Owl’s Dinner
Satellite Demonstration
Paper Airplane Contest - Competencia de Aviones de Papel
Egg Drop Construction (Participants must be in grade 5 or older)
Puzzlers in Everyday Physics (Recommended for grade 6 and older)
WARNING – PARKING PERMITS REQUIRED FOR 2013
PARKING PERMITS ARE REQUIRED! – PLEASE PURCHASE A $2 DAILY PERMIT AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCES TO THE PARKING LOTS IN THE YELLOW DISPENSERS
Marsee Auditorium is located at the corner of Crenshaw Blvd and Redondo Beach Blvd in Torrance.
Parking is located south and west the Marsee Auditorium. A map can also be found at
Whether you join my group and support our Orang Utan fundraising OR NOT,
this event is well worth your family time :)
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