Meet the DreamUp Team: Grace Stumpf
Grace Kalei Stumpf is a very ambitious, intelligent ninth grader attending iLead Exploration and is a co-principal investigator on Team Yucca glauca. Grace loves animals, more specifically, horses! She also enjoys reading; her favorites include Reaching for the Moon, The…
Meet the DreamUp Team: Teya Brandes
With a target date of November 2022, Team Seagrass will be sending seagrass to the International Space Station as a part of the DreamUp to Space Mission 2021-22. Teya Brandes, 6th grade, is one of the two principal investigators for…
Meet the DreamUp Team: Emilina Walker
Emilina Walker is a thirteen year old eighth grader at SCVi’s iEAD Exploration. Emilina enjoys reading, drawing, doing archery, and watching television. Her favorite book is “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak — she loves the characters, setting, and the…
iLEAD AV: DreamUp to Space Experiment Design Challenge
On October 6, 2022, learners, facilitators, staff, and families from iLEAD Antelope Valley Studio gathered to celebrate the learning that had taken place on their campus over the previous weeks. Learners from 8th grade all the way down to TK…
14-Year-Old’s Science Experiment to Be Carried Out on International Space Station
“Grace Stumpf, 14, has always been infatuated with the sky. Some of her favorite childhood memories were making paper airplanes with her dad and studying which designs flew best. Through those activities, she first learned about the four forces of…
Military, aerospace companies wooed and wowed students with STEM Expo 2022
“Outside Hangar 1600 on the flight line at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., showy jets and stodgy workhorses alike were making low passes, showing off the range of aircraft at the Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show, and STEM Expo.”…
Edwards air show STEM Expo hosts 8,000 students
“An estimated 8,000 students and teachers from the Antelope Valley and as far away as Fresno and San Diego attended the free STEM Expo at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2022. “The main hangar had more than…
SCV Educator Chosen to Fly on NASA Aerial Observatory
We’re over the moon about the latest news for one our longtime iLEAD facilitators. SCVi Charter’s very own Mr. Dustin Lengning is among one of the prestigious 24 Teachers from 13 States to become NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors (AAA)! We…
In the News: Flight Prep for 8th Graders
Thanks to the Signal Newspaper for covering our recent glider on campus event at SCVi Charter, iLEAD’s founding school. Flight prep for 8th graders: Glider on SCVi campus sets stage for student flight
DreamUp to Space 2022: Team Yucca and Team Seagrass
iLEAD DreamUp to Space Launch Teams have formed and are in collaboration to send their experiments to Space! Two teams comprising 16 learners are in the experiment optimization phase — preparing to send their experiments to the International Space Station….
Post-Flight Analysis: DreamUp to Space Experiments
What happens when an experiment comes back from Space? What’s next? On Sept. 20, ten iLEAD learners and their families gathered at UCLA’s Terasaki Life Sciences Building to do what few have done: Touch and analyze something that has been…
Supporting innovation with space education
“As the world turns into a direction that revolves around science, technology, engineering and math, astronomy classes and programs become an important part of education, especially in younger children.” Click here for the story at the Santa Clarita Signal!
DreamUp 2021 Video Pitches from Our Teams: Eelgrass
During the final phase of the iLEAD DreamUp to Space Mission 2021 Experiment Design Challenge, our finalist teams created short videos pitching their ideas and the plans they developed for how, in the event that their experiment is chosen, they…
DreamUp 2021 Video Pitches from Our Teams: Radish
During the final phase of the iLEAD DreamUp to Space Mission 2021 Experiment Design Challenge, our finalist teams created short videos pitching their ideas and the plans they developed for how, in the event that their experiment is chosen, they…
DreamUp 2021 Video Pitches from Our Teams: Lavender
During the final phase of the iLEAD DreamUp to Space Mission 2021 Experiment Design Challenge, our finalist teams created short videos pitching their ideas and the plans they developed for how, in the event that their experiment is chosen, they…
DreamUp 2021 Video Pitches from Our Teams: Chamomile
During the final phase of the iLEAD DreamUp to Space Mission 2021 Experiment Design Challenge, our finalist teams created short videos pitching their ideas and the plans they developed for how, in the event that their experiment is chosen, they…
DreamUp 2021 Video Pitches from Our Teams: Mustard Spinach
During the final phase of the iLEAD DreamUp to Space Mission 2021 Experiment Design Challenge, our finalist teams created short videos pitching their ideas and the plans they developed for how, in the event that their experiment is chosen, they…
DreamUp 2021 Video Pitches from Our Teams: Cucumber
During the final phase of the iLEAD DreamUp to Space Mission 2021 Experiment Design Challenge, our finalist teams created short videos pitching their ideas and the plans they developed for how, in the event that their experiment is chosen, they…