The AggieSat organization is also very unique in that it reaches out to educate and involve the local community. Members of AggieSat Lab compose various presentations to deliver to students from kindergarten all the way through twelfth grade. These presentations are geared towards educating the students about space and engineering in order to spark future interest in the field along with informing the students about the purpose of AggieSat Lab.
Current Outreach Programs
Past Outreach Programs
Boys and Girls Club of America
AggieSat Lab has also donated time to the Boys and Girls Club of America. Children from the organization took trips out to AggieSat Lab and spent their time getting tours and participating in activities planned on their behalf. The visiting students had the opportunity to learn about space flight from current AggieSat members and receive demonstrations of the experiments being planned for the lab's missions.
Not only was the opportunity great for the children, but AggieSat team members benefited from the experience as well. The time spent with the Boys and Girls Club of America gave AggieSat members a chance to transfer some of their excitement about space to the next generation of engineers.
Hudnall Planetarium - Public Astronomy Lecture Series
AggieSat Lab sent a student to participate in the Public Astronomy Lecture Series located at the Hudnall Planetarium in Tyler, Texas. The last event occured on April 26 at 7:00p.m. on the Tyler Junior College campus. Our lecture consisted of presenting a 30 minute speech, given by a student, Hutson Betts, about AggieSat Lab and a discussion on how our projects advance space exploration and colonization. This discussion included an overview of AggieSat3's scientific mission, how that mission will be used by our Lab for later autonomous rendezvous and docking missions, and a brief description of the AggieSat2 mission and how it will be conducted. Following the lecture, there was a short Question and Answer session for members of the public to ask any questions they have about AggieSat Lab, its satellites, or how these missions will further NASA's space exploration initiative.
For additional information about the Planetarium, please visit their website at: Hudnall Planetarium
The Children's Museum of the Brazos Valley
AggieSat Lab in conjunction with The Children’s Mueseum of the Brazos Valley conducted a space exhibit for visitors to the museum during the spring and summer of 2008. Between January and April, AggieSat Team members visited every second and fourth Friday for several hours to hold organized activities for visitors to the museum. Those visitors had the chance to take an inside look into the world of designing and building space satellites. Each visit consisted of hands-on activities and exciting learning material related to space and science subjects. Each activity was organized by students at AggieSat Lab during their available time and conducted by additional AggieSat students who were available on Fridays.
During the summer of 2008, one week was dedicated by the AggieSat Team to space and science education at The Children's Museum. Over the course of a week students held presentations and activities for children that covered a wide range of materials including satellites, planets and rockets. They were able to build telescopes, recycled robots and there own hand made rockets.