Douglas County School System: STEM Camp At HSES

Douglasville GA

11 October, 2021

11:05 AM

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Press release from the Douglas County School System: 10/11/2021 Translate Holly Springs Elementary kicked off the first of several after-school camps with STEM camp for students in grades K-2 September 27-October 1. Students gained hands-on experience with coding and engineering and learned the differences between Mars and Earth. Activities included building a spaceship out of common materials and testing whether their astronaut, a jumbo marshmallow, would survive landing on Mars. Students also learned about density and the SpaceX Dragon, and even built and tested their own rockets. First grader Harrison Grisley said his favorite thing about STEM camp was making the rockets and testing them outside. "It was fun because they blasted off and came back. I could do it again and again." This press release was produced by the Douglas County School System. The views expressed here are the author's own.