Schedule
YASSE participants should arrive at LFOP between 8:15am and 8:30am during the days of the program. Participants should be picked up between 3pm and 3:15pm.
The days will be broken up into two, three-hour blocks, from 8:30am to 11:30am and then 12pm-3pm. Depending on the weather, we will normally do outdoor activities in the mornings (rocket launches, observing the Sun and moon), and we will do mostly indoor activities (planetarium shows, computer labs) in the afternoon.
Lunch
Participants should bring their own bagged lunch, a water bottle, and a snack for the day. If the weather is nice, we will plan to eat lunch in the Farnam Gardens from 11:30 to 12pm each day, otherwise we will eat inside the observatory classroom. Participants should also bring a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen.
Activities
Morning:
- Rocket launches
- Helium balloon launch and recovery
- Observing the Sun and Moon
- Autonomous Gliders
Afternoon:
- Guest lectures
- Planetarium shows
- Build a telescope lab
- Kerbal Space Program
- Astrophotography
- Coding challenges