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NASA’s ASTRO CAMP – and its Impact – Continues to Grow in FY2024
- NASA’s ASTRO CAMP program for promoting STEM education surpassed all previous milestone marks by partnering with 373 community sites including 50 outside the U.S. in FY2024 to inspire youth, families & educators.
- The initiative reached a range of ethnic & multiethnic groups with more African-American participants than Hispanic.
- Almost 150,000 students took part in the program, a 30% increase from fiscal year 2023.
- ACCP trained 1,454 facilitators during Educator Professional Development sessions, a 25.3% increase from FY2023.
- NASA Science Mission Directorate Science Activation program’s activities offer real-world opportunities for students to enhance scientific understanding and contribute to NASA science missions while inspiring lifelong learning.
- The ACCP theme was “NASA Science … Fire to Water to Ice and Beyond!”
- The program covered materials and activities related to NASA science missions, astrophysics, heliophysics, Earth science, and planetary science.
- ASTRO CAMP began at NASA Stennis as a single one-week camp in the 1990s. Since then, it has developed into several adaptable models for worldwide expansion.
- Contact Kelly Martin-Rivers or Maria Lott for becoming a NASA ASTRO CAMP DNA Collaborative Community Partner.
- For info about the ASTRO CAMP Collaborative Community Partner Program, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/stennis/stem-engagement-at-stennis/nasa-accp/.
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