Category: Yucca glauca

Team Yucca: To Space and Back

By Hutch Siegen My name is Hutch Siegen, and I am a crew member in the DreamUp to Space project. This project invites young learners from kindergarten through 12th grade to write scientific proposals to send experiments to the International…

2021-22 Launch Teams Post-Flight Analysis

As American astronauts conducted learner-designed experiments on the ISS, our Launch Team members waited patiently for their return. Conducted on September 27, 2022, the experiments remained on station until safely splashing down off the coast of Florida on January 11,…

Kennedy Space Center Part 2: SpaceX 26 Rocket Launch

On November 21, 2022, learners from iLEAD California’s DreamUp to Space Launch Teams gathered at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in hopes of observing what few have witnessed: a rocket launch! This particular rocket contained two experiments…

Kennedy Space Center: Presentations & Awards

In November 2022, two DreamUp to Space Launch Teams from iLEAD California traveled to Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Team Yucca and Team Seagrass are made up of 5th-11th grade learners attending iLEAD Exploration and Santa Clarita Valley…

iSAP DreamUp Learners Present at the ASGSR Conference

Two iLEAD teams, Team Seagrass and Team Yucca, recently sent experiments to space through the iLEAD DreamUp to Space Design Challenge. In mid-November 2022, Team Seagrass Principal Investigators Caydi and Teya and Team Yucca Principal Investigator Grace Stumpf traveled to…

2021-22 DreamUp Mixstix Loading

On October 28, 2022, two teams, made up of 5th-11th grade learners from Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School and iLEAD Exploration, sought to accomplish what few have: Prepare an experiment to be sent to the International Space Station. Team…

Meet the DreamUp Team: Carter Sand

Carter Sand is a 11th grade learner at iLEAD Exploration. He is 16 years old and a co-Principle Investigator for team Yucca glauca. Some of his hobbies include playing board games and riding his bike. Soccer is a huge part…

Meet the DreamUp Team: Hutch Siegen

Hutch Siegen comes to team Yucca with the past experience of co-leading “Team Carrot” from the previous DreamUp to Space mission. He is an actor and avid chef! He enjoys playing football with his family, watching movies, and training his…

Meet the DreamUp Team: Rae Brown

Currently a 16-year-old junior at iLEAD Exploration, Raegan is half-Nigerian and half-American. She travels back and forth between Lagos, Nigeria and LA. Raegan has a passion for everything creative and loves to express herself through graphic design, art, and science….

Meet the DreamUp Team: Timothee Secall Barrier

Timothee Secall Barrier (14 years old) is an nineth-grader at SCVi and can speak three other languages, German, French, and Spanish! He plays ice hockey and in an after-school theater program. What’s a fun fact that you learned while being…

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