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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WELCOME
WHO ARE WE? Oglala Lakota College is proud to be one of 14 NASA SEMAA
project sites. Over 95% of our students are Native American and live across the
750 square mile area of the Pine Ridge reservation. The OLC SEMAA project serves 13 schools in three counties across the reservation. WHAT IS SEMAA? SEMAA is Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace
Academy focused on K-12 education to inspire, engage, and educate students,
families, and teachers. WHAT DOES SEMAA DO? OLC’s SEMAA project has an in-school model for curriculum that utilizes hands-on inquiry based curriculum enhancement activities in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). We provide outreach programs including family science nights at schools throughout the reservation area, and the AEL (Aeronautics Education Laboratory) at OLC’s Math & Science Department. The AEL is equipped with 10 workstations. It’s a virtual classroom with 10 workstations, a wind tunnel, and a flight simulator. RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS OLC’s SEMAA program has the following available for use in the classroom and outreach activities: StarLab is a portable planetarium with programs available in: *LAKOTA STAR KNOWLEDGE *NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY *GREEK MYTHOLOGY *SOLAR SYSTEM & GALAXIES *CELL BIOLOGY *TOURS OF THE NIGHT SKY *PHASES OF THE MOON
Robotics kits are programmable LEGO robotics kits. We have: *WEBOTS FOR 4TH-7TH GRADES *NXT MINDSTORMS FOR 8-12TH GRADES
OLC Astronomy Club: We have a professional telescope for star gazing and informal sky watch events. We also provide Galileoscope workshops providing students with a telescope to build and take home. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See the following pages for more descriptions and online sign-up...
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