HEI - Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.
09/10/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/10/2024 19:37
Registration now open for 2024 Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery
Registration now open for 2024 Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery
Students, families, and educators welcomed for a free full day of STEM discovery on Oct. 20
(Issued by Hawaii Space Grant Consortium)
Release Date: 9/10/2024
WHAT:
Hawaiian Electric, University of Hawaii at Manoa's Institute for Astronomy, and the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium invite students, families, and educators to celebrate the 23rd Annual Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery, a free STEM event with activity booths and workshops highlighting space exploration, Polynesian voyaging, rocketry, robotics coding and hands-on educational activities designed for students in grades PK-12. Registration for the event is now open at https://tinyurl.com/veach24. Event details are below:
WHEN:
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024
| 9:00 a.m. |
Event Registration Check-In and Doors Open Activity booths open and will run all day |
| 10:00 - 10:40 a.m. | Opening Ceremony |
| 11:00 - 11:50 a.m. | Workshop Session I |
| 1:00 - 1:50 p.m. | Workshop Session II |
| 3:00 p.m. | Event closes |
WHERE:
U.H. Institute for Astronomy
2680 Woodlawn Drive
Honolulu, HI 96822
DETAILS:
Opening Ceremony speakers include executives from Hawaiian Electric, U.H. Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, and Hawaii Space Grant Consortium. Activity booths by various community organizations and industry professionals will feature interactive hands-on activities like robotics, fossils, Hawaiian navigation, structural engineering, pilot simulation, rockets, impact craters, architecture, and microscopes. Workshops open to registered participants include learning about indoor drones, forensic science, solar cars, rocketry, sailboats, and more!
ABOUT:
The Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery honors the life and legacy of the late Charles Lacy Veach, who grew up in Honolulu with an interest in science, had a distinguished career as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, and went on to fly two Space Shuttle missions. Created by Art and Rene Kimura, educators and Living Treasures of Hawaii, and organized by the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium, the free event is made possible through a grant from Hawaiian Electric which has sponsored the Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery since its inception in 2001. Additional support includes the U.H. Institute for Astronomy.