Today was Starbase Atlantis graduation. Every day I am grateful for the chance Ethan has to go to STEM. It has suited him and his learning style and interest perfectly. This year the 5th graders have been going to the base to Starbase Atlantis. Ethan LOVES it. They have done some really neat things. He enjoyed using CAD to design his own life support pod, space shuttle and helicopter rescue vehicle. He got to make a robot that by remote control navigated from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument. They got to fly flight simulators, not all the kids were successful in the flights. Ethan was though :) Lots of crashing into buildings, water and flipping the plane on it's side. They had to build safety restraints that would keep their eggburt astronaut safe in a landing. Ethan's cracked. They studied astronomy and physics and famous scientists. Today they built and launched rockets.
The only place on base that had enough room, and free air space was the Vice Admiral's lawn. The kids were warned "we can not hit the Vice Admiral's wife's car
again" so do not launch until we have an all clear. It was really exciting. Of the 24 rockets only 5 were irretrievable after their flights. (Ethan's landed 50ft up in a tree~ oops)
After the graduation I brought Ethan, John and Albert back to our house to play. Hannah also had Marrisa over and Lu was at Ryder's. It was a fun playing afternoon.
This cute little red head is Olivia, who Ethan does not find annoying for the second year in a row.
The whole group at the end of the day.
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