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Space & Astronomy Summer Camp in La Puente, CA

La Puente has a population of about 40,435. The case for space & astronomy summer camp here is not that the area lacks camps — it is that most of them end without the child being able to explain what they made.

Ages 7-14 · For families · California · West

Space & Astronomy Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in La Puente, CA
Space & Astronomy Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in La Puente, CA

What the week actually is

Space is the best bait in STEM and the easiest to waste. This week uses it properly: orbital mechanics as ratio problems, rocket stability as a physics argument, distance to Mars as an exercise in numbers too big to feel.

Day by day

  1. Scale: how far is far
  2. Build the rocket, predict the flight
  3. Launch and measure the error
  4. Orbits as ratio problems
  5. Showcase: present the flight data

La Puente, CA — what applies locally

  • La Puente has a population of about 40,435.
  • State: California · Region: West

Questions we get from La Puente, CA

Do they launch anything?
Model rockets, yes, with the flight predicted on paper before it leaves the pad.
Is there a telescope night?
Where the camp site allows it. Otherwise the observation work is done with real archived imagery.
What ages get the most out of it?
Nine and up, though seven-year-olds do fine with the building half.

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