{"id":2101,"date":"2013-06-19T21:41:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T21:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacecenter.org\/?page_id=2101"},"modified":"2025-03-04T16:44:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T22:44:40","slug":"exploration-academy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spacecenter.org\/education-programs\/outreach\/exploration-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploration Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2101\" class=\"elementor elementor-2101\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-713d21a elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"713d21a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-id=\"1254f5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Exploration Academy is a 8-week STEM learning experience for underrepresented, underserved fifth-grade students in Title 1 schools.<\/p><p>Space Center Houston&#8217;s immersive environment and rigorous curriculum inspires and engages students to consider careers in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.<\/p><p>Exploration Academy provides authentic learning experiences that support what students are learning at their school.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cddbf44\" data-id=\"cddbf44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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Our students use innovative robotics and technology to work through real-world problems, including:<\/p><ul><li>Programming and coding a variety of robotics platforms to simulate the challenges of space exploration.<\/li><li>Using sensors to accurately predict weather conditions in order to successfully launch Estes rockets.<\/li><li>Demonstrating the flow of electricity in order to produce heat, light and sound.<\/li><li>Solving engineering design challenges that teach about the transfer of thermal energy.<\/li><li>Identifying changes in the physical properties of solutions and mixtures through the same experiments conducted on the International Space Station.<\/li><li>Analyzing satellite images to determine how land features are formed on Earth and other bodies in the solar system.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a24012\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b84d7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b84d7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74ab23d\" data-id=\"74ab23d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-59d2a4c elementor-section-boxed 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