Sharjah (Union)
The Sharjah Girl Guides Commission recently organized a virtual summer camp for its members aged 11-14 years, which included a program accredited by the US Space Agency “NASA”, presented by one of its experts over a period of five days, with the aim of identifying the secrets of space science, encouraging them to love exploration and motivating them to lead in this Biological field.
The educational camp included a series of interactive sessions in which 25 female affiliates participated in an exceptional experience of space exploration and interplanetary missions, in addition to learning about the regional and international importance of the Emirates Mars Exploration Project, and they were given the opportunity to design and launch their own models of landers, space exploration roving vehicles and space rockets using the curriculum. Certified by NASA.
The science camp included a series of practical activities and “instant challenge” sessions to test the participants’ problem-solving abilities, refine their critical thinking skills, and inspire the new generation of scientists and specialists to delve deeper into the fields of science, space and engineering.
The sessions shed light on the Emirates project to explore Mars, “Probe of Hope”, which constituted a milestone in the march of Mars exploration when it successfully entered orbit around the red planet in February of this year. The “Probe of Hope” is the first interplanetary mission in the Arab world, and aims To provide the UAE and the global scientific community with new scientific data on the atmosphere of the red planet and expand human knowledge around it.
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