Tag: ilead aerospace
DreamUp 2020 Video Pitches from Our Teams: Cucumbers
During the final phase of the DreamUp to Space Virtual Mission 2019-2020 Experiment Design Challenge, our finalist teams created short videos “pitching” their idea, and the plan they developed for how — if their experiment is chosen — they will…
ISS National Lab: From the Classroom to Space: Launching Student Science
“Last week, students from several iLEAD Schools had an out-of-this-world opportunity—to take their science experiments from the classroom to space! The students’ experiments, supported by educational company DreamUp, launched on SpaceX’s 20th commercial resupply services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Not only did…
How iLEAD Student Aerospace Projects Inspired My Son to DreamUp
By a Proud Dad of a Future Astronaut Editor’s note: Warren Press is the father of a fifth grader at Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School (SCVi) in Santa Clarita, California. Last year his son, Solomon, participated in iLEAD’s DreamUp…
iLEAD DreamUp to Space: The Great Specimen Collection
On Saturday, February 1, a small group of 5th and 6th graders from SCVi gathered just north of Santa Barbara, California, to collect specimens of a particular kind of sea algae to prepare to send their experiment to the International…
In the News: iLEAD Schools Creating Authentic, High Quality Project-Based Learning Environments
We’re honored to be featured in this inspiring article from Getting Smart! “…iLEAD students have many unique opportunities to work on large, public projects that have international partners and implications. One of the best examples is iLEAD’s Student Aerospace Projects…
Denton Daily: Boulder‘s DreamUp connects students to space
DreamUp and iLEAD’s director of STEAM initiatives, Kathleen Fredette, are featured in a recent story at the Denton Daily! “Space flight and space experimentation is hard. It is rocket science,” Fredette said…. “DreamUp makes it accessible and is always looking…
iLEAD Aerospace Featured on Genes in Space Blog
Thanks to our partners at Genes in Space for spotlighting our recent workshop on their blog! “iLEAD schools recently hosted a Genes in Space educator workshop for LA area teachers at their Santa Clarita Valley International School in Castaic, California….
DreamUp Team Prepares Experiment for Launch to Space Station
It’s 21 days until the rocket launch, and the iLEAD DreamUp 2018 Launch Team’s dreams are becoming a reality. Brayden Hall, Connor Raskin, Adam Simpson, Luke Rigdon, Chaya Rubinstein, Isobel Salters, Skyler Verkouteren, Sophie Muncie, Olivia Rothenberg, Fintan Harwood, and…
Real World Science and Design Thinking, the Hallmark of iSAP’s First Year “Genes In Space” Participants
We are pleased to announce that a select group of SCVi Upper School learners stepped up to the plate to represent iLEAD Schools in the National Genes in Space Competition. In close collaboration with Ebony Eggleston, their SCVi Upper School…
Announcing the Liftoff of Our Top 20 Dream Up To Space Experiment Design Teams
Stellar congratulations to the top twenty Experiment Design Teams that were selected out of over ninety submissions across iLEAD Schools in the iLEAD DreamUp to Space Experiment Design Challenge! Learners across all iLEAD schools were invited to develop an experiment…