Fidel the Space Dog (Space & Robotics) Summer Camp 24 Hours
Participants embrace a chosen character (Euclid, Sufi and Iso) presented in the story. Participants investigate what it takes to make it into space. These protagonists, using their ingenuity, ozobots, the characters prepare for a future space mission by creating a model spacecraft to send a robot or even Fidel the Space Dog to explore new territories.
Day 1
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Estimated time: 4 hours Character: Participants choose one of three characters from pictures of Sufi, Euclid, and Iso– read character sheet and discuss who this character might be and what their life is like. (Media)
Story: Fidel the Space Dog Graphic Novel Page 1 (Media)
Media: Refer to the Map of Disce image. (Media)
Story: Lead Foot Wall (Connectors)
Media: Refer to images of “KingMyterFist” and “KingAlliteFoot” (Media)
Build: Scale model of Disce (Lessons) (Keep the Lead Foot Wall for later days)
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Day 2
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Estimated time: 4 hrs Character: Participants choose another of three characters from pictures of Sufi, Euclid, and Iso– read character sheet and discuss who this character might be and what their life is like. (Media)
Story: Fidel the Space Dog, short story chapter 2: A Day and Night in Disce (Connectors)
Build: Telescope (Building and Using a Telescope Lesson)
Hands on: Using a Telescope (Building and Using a Telescope Lesson)
Media: Video: Our World, Hubble History
Hands on: Optics and trust (Activity)
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Day 3
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Estimated time: 4 hrs Character: Participants choose the remaining character from pictures of Sufi, Euclid, and Iso– read character sheet and discuss who this character might be and what their life is like. (Media)
Story: Fidel the Space Dog: Graphic Novel Pg 3 (Media)
Robot: Ozobot Basic Training (Lessons)
Build: Ozobot Tunnels (Activities)
Media: Video “Valkyrie: NASA's Superhero Robot”
Challenge: Get me out of here! (Activities)
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Day 4
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Estimated time: 4hrs Story: Fidel Volunteers (Connectors)
Build: a Rocket! (Activities)
Media: Video "Space Shuttle Launch Viewed From an Airplane"
Robots: Escape Velocity & Ozobot Orbits (Lessons)
Art: Draw something with no less than 4 parabolas
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Day 5
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Estimated Time: 4hrs Story: Fidel the Space Dog: Graphic Novel Pg 5 (Media)
Challenge: Space traveler and save Veteris. (Activities)
Media: (3) Space Traveler Map, Veteris Challenge Map, Space Traveler Solution.
Art: Draw Veteris as a young man and write a short story on how he met Fidel.
Build: Egg Drop Challenge. (Lesson)
Media: ADAPT Demonstration Flight.
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Day 6
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Estimated time: 4hrs Story: Messages to Home (Connectors)
Challenge: Ciphers and Secrets (Activities)
Media: Pigpen Cipher Code and Printable Cipher Wheel
Robot: Fidel and Ozo Activity (Activities)
Art: Decorate wall from day 1(Add the foot sculpture)
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Day 7
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Story: Fidel the Space Dog: Graphic Novel Pg 7 (Media)
Robot: OzobotsEclipses and Celestial Mechanics (Lessons)
Robot: Ozo Planets in the Ozobot Evo App. (Find OzoLaunch Targets in Media)
Art: Launchy the Robot (Activity)
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Day 8
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Story: The Eclipse (Connectors)
Hands on: Waxing and waning: Phases of the Moon and Eclipses (Activities)
Build: Make an eclipse viewer (Activities)
Story/Art: Students make their own graphic novel. Participants choose to send a robot or Fidel to another planet, and they imagine what is found there. Give them the following prompt: We sent_______ to _____________ and it found…_________ (For this activity, students research about the characteristics of the selected planet.)
Media: Printable Graphic Novel Template Sheets
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