Space
Camp for
Interested
Visually
Impaired
Students
“Just
because I can't see the stars, doesn't mean I can't reach for them” -
Space Camp Alumni
SCIVIS 2010 Forms Available!!!!
- 2010 Program Dates: Sept. 25 - Sept. 30, 2010 In Huntsville, Alabama (travel home 10/1/10)
- 2010 Program costs:
Space Camp, Space Academy, Mach I & II: $675
Advanced Academy, Mach III: $725
News!
- SCI-VIS Makes Space Camp Accessible to Students with Visual Impairments New July 2010
- SCIVIS 2009 - A profile of Anneliese and the SCI-VIS story from Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics ON THE AIR! New July 2010
- SCIVIS discussion group formed (Chaperones only)
- SCIVIS in the News
SCIVIS
is
- A week long camp that takes place at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
- Coordinated by teachers of the visually impaired
- Accessible; computers used by students in the Space Camp Programs have been adapted for speech and large print output; materials and equipment used during missions are available in braille and large print
- Participatory - students participate fully (each student is screened based on their eye medical condition --limitations may be placed on some)
SCIVIS
is actually 4 separate programs.
- Space Camp
- Space Academy
- Advanced Academy focus on space travel.
- Aviation Challenge.