Starbase Boys 2024

Add to Your Calendar: 04/29/2024 08:30 04/29/2024 14:10 America/Chicago Starbase Boys 2024 Starbase Boys 2024 Ellington Field Starbase Gulf Coast Christian Home Scholars gcchswebsite@yahoo.com false mm/dd/yyyy aUinrLWZczwYavqgBmQP30959

Date – Time

April 29, 2024 – 8:30 AM - 2:10 PM

Grade/Age Restriction

10 y/o–12 y/o

Location

Ellington Field Starbase
14657 Sneider Rd.
Houston, TX 77034 US

Additional Information

STARBASE BOYS

THIS EVENT SIGN UP HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR GCCHS MEMBERS AND OPENED UP TO NON GCCHS MEMBERS. PAYMENT IS DUE UPON SIGN UP! PLEASE PAY YOUR $20 FEE AND MAIL IN YOUR $50 DEPOSIT CHECK ONCE YOU SIGN UP.

NON GCCHS MEMBERS WILL SIGN A LIABLITY WAIVER USING A LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION

**For sign ups you only need to sign up on April 29th.

What is it? Starbase is a STEM program offered by DoD at Ellington Air Field. Starbase is a week long program that provides students in grade 5 a first-hand journey into the exciting world of science, technology, engineering, math, aviation, and aerospace.

When is it? It is a week long commitment for April 29th-May 3rd, 2024th. Time is from 8:30am-2:10pm. Monday you will meet earlier at 8:15am. to meet the car your child will be riding into the base with each day. Your child MUST attend each day of Starbase. For example your child cannot participate on Monday and Tuesday then not Wednesday. All days are required to be in attendance unless your child is sick. It is for no younger than 5th grade children with birthday by September 1, 2013 or ages 10-12 AND children who have not attended the Starbase Program before.

Are there are other dates that I need to commit to? There will be a mandatory parent meeting after the registration deadline, date TBD. At this meeting there will be mandatory forms and call signs that students will need to fill out before the first day of week of class.

Where is it? : Ellington Field - Monday-Friday. Further details will be emailed with regirstration information.

How much does it cost? There are two payments needed for Starbase, a class fee and a refundable deposit fee.

There is a $20 fee to cover the cost of the HMNS Mission to Mars simulation. The $20 fee will be payed via paypal balance on the GCCHS website.

There will be a $50 deposit fee to hold each child's spot for Starbase. You will receive the $50 deposit back if your child attends each day of Starbase, Monday-Friday. If your child does not attend each day the $50 deposit check is donated to Starbase. The $50 deposit will be a check mailed to the coordinator. The deposit must be postmarked or recieved by March 25th or your child's spot will go to the next person on the waiting list. Make your $50 check out to TX Starbase, Inc and mail it to Christine Gonzalez, 2906 Waterloo Rd, Pearland, TX. 77581.

FOR PUBLIC SIGN UPS (NON GCCHS MEMBERS) Please use the links below to read our event policies and read and sign the liability waiver. We will ask that you agree to these policies upon signing up.

Event Policies

Liability Waiver Read & sign. If you are not a GCCHS member, you may type "Not a member" in the question box regarding the primary member.

Do you have more details? The program is conducted at Ellington Field in a varied and exciting environment, giving students a new perception of the sciences. The curriculum consists of hands-on activities, a virtual reality mission to Mars or the Moon, interactive experiments, simulations and on-site tour of one of the following: National Guard, Coast Guard, or NASA aviation facilities. Classroom instruction includes Newton's Three Laws of Motion, the four forces of flight, Bernoulli's Principle, flight simulation, investigations of nanoengineered products, atmospheric properties, rocketry, engineering design process, and computer assisted design (CAD) and manufacturing. Students explore STEM career preferences, processes for positive personal goal setting and teamwork skills, the importance of staying in school, becoming a lifelong learner, and maintaining a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. The students will also work with Cad program software on the computers as well as designing a space shuttle for an egg drop testing, geocaching, among many other fun activities. Certified educators teach the curriculum with assistance from Guard and community volunteers with technical and content expertise.

https://dodstarbase.org/

Please note: This opportunity is made possible by GCCHS volunteers like you! We will need a (1) couple of chaperones to stay in the classes, (2) about 12 drivers to transport the kids onto the base, and (3) gift purchasers. Let us know if you feel led to help with any of these roles. These roles need to filled right away and earn volunteer credits (see volunteer credit information on the GCCHS website). Room volunteers will earn enough credits for free gcchs membership 2024-2025 and free Palm Beach. Drivers will earn enough credits for free Palm Beach.

Questions? Contact Christine Gonzalez at 713-476-1708, xtinegz99@yahoo.com or Katie Clarke at 713-822-1840, volunteer@gcchstx.com

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The Signup Deadline for this event was 4/3/2024 – 11:55 PM CST

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