Results

The judging was close but the winner of the Animation & Visual Effects Physics and Rocketry Camp is Minden High School.  They received $1250 for their school to purchase materials relating to things they learned at camp.  We expect to be hearing great things from them in the future.

Congratulations to our runners up, Caddo Magnet High School who made a good showing and earned their school $750 for STEM materials.

The final scores from the judges that include rocket design (30%), 3-D Modeling (30%), Video Documentary (30%) and Camp Bucks (10%) is:

Minden - 234

Caddo Magnet - 186

Parkway - 170

Ruston - 130

Plain Dealing - 114

Green Oaks - 60

The final independently verified launch results are as follows:

A big thank you to all of the participating students and teachers for making this a wonderful camp.

Morning Jitters

Today is the big day with every team making a ten minute presentation to our panel of judges, Dr Anderson, Col Ward and Mr Barber.  The day started inauspiciously with a little bit of rain but the clouds broke through and the teams got a very good omen indeed.

At breakfast, you could feel the tension as teams discussed their presentations to the judges and engaged in some last minute worrying about their videos.

Judging starts here in a bit and the teams are anxiously awaiting their turns.  Good luck everybody and we'll see you on the flipside!

Burning the Midnight Oil

It's the final moments here at Camp and the teams are working hard to meet an eleven o'clock deadline...

The finishing touches are taking effect and everyone is crossing their fingers that they can get finished in time.

Everyone has worked hard to reach their goals and we here at the LSUS Animation & Visual Effect Physics and Rocketry Camp look forward to seeing their final presentations.

Get some sleep, we'll see you all tomorrow.

Rocket Launching

Today was the final launch day for the teams and excitement was in the air.  Each team as allowed three cycles of fifteen minutes each to fire their rocket as many times as they could to get the best film footage and hopefully have a successful launch at the same time.

We had some amazing and successful launches, like this one from Plain Dealing...

And Parkway had a spectacular parachute deployment at the apex of their flight for an amazing display of rocket craftsmanship.

There were a couple that gave us a some alarm, such as Green Oaks, but they came through beautifully...

We also had high speed footage of the rockets taken, here's Plain Dealing at 3000 frames per second!

In the end, the final flights went of well with every team filming a successful launch.  We're ready for tomorrow and the teams are excited.  We'll see how the presentations go, it's still anybody's game!

Photos from Friday

The day started with an aura of excitement as teams worked hard toward their final launch deadline.  The Rocket Teams worked on their final touches before heading outside to get in as many good launches as they could.

While inside, the AVE Modeling Team tried to keep up with the changes being made in the lab.  Since the rockets and the model must match each other, the Modeling Team had to work hard to ensure that any last minute changes were reflected in the 3D model.

At the end of the launches, the teams retreated en masse to the AVE labs to work on their video presentations.

 It's been a lot of hard work and there's still more to come, but we wish them the best of luck.

Saturday's Schedule

Saturday's Color is White

7:30-8:30 Breakfast at Port - University Center

9:30-11:20 Team Presentations to Judges - SLA

11:30-12:30 Final Launches - Soccer Field

12:30-2:00 Luncheon and Awards - University Center Ballroom

Teacher Challenge

We would like to have some feedback on the Camp experience you have had. For $75 Space Camp dollars write us 200 words or more about any positive experiences you have had at this camp, especially those that reinforce or highlight our concentration on STEM.

Please reply in a facebook message to the John Miralles account by 11PM tomorrow evening to qualify for your camp dollars.