What are the current goals of your project?

I will be helping with the implementation of two other week-long camps: “Exhibit Exploration,” which is about the planning of museum implementation, and “Culture of the Cedar Valley,” which is about local history and culture. In the second half of my internship, I plan to finalize the preparations for both the space and engineering camp. Both camps are scheduled for August, so I will be running both the space and engineering camps towards the end of my internship.

What accomplishments has your project made so far?

So far, I have been running planetarium shows and science demonstrations which are meant to generate an interest in STEM for both children and adults. I also help run the Grout’s summer camps, which are each themed and oriented for children from ages 6 to 13. So far, we have finished two camps, which each lasted a week: “Paleo Discoveries,” which was dinosaur themed, and “The Art of History,” which was about how art has changed throughout history. When not running shows or helping with camps, I have been working on planning the programming for our final week-long camps of the summer which are “I Need Space,” a space themed camp primarily focused on NASA and it’s missions and “Rockets, Cars, and Planes, Oh My,” which has a focus on engineering and physics. So far, I have finished most of the planning for the space camp, and just need to work on camp prep (pitching the plan to the rest of the team, buying supplies, and physical set-up).

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