Winter Break 2022 starts December 19th! The STEAM Team has created a fun countdown to Winter Break with twelve daily space activities to do at home - like what does origami have to do with the Webb Telescope and how to make astronaut pudding. You can even join the Mission Patch Challenge - enter to win and have your patch created on the 3D printer (submissions due by January 10th)!

Check out the attached powerpoint for all the activities and more details! Comment below if you plan to participate... We love seeing Blankner students continue their STEAM learning at home so be sure to share your pictures and videos with Mrs. Sarduy (Jessica.Sarduy@ocps.net) and Ms. Allen (Kimen.Allen@ocps.net)!

The Artemis I mission launched the Orion Spacecraft from Cape Canaveral to space early in the morning on Wednesday, November 16. Artemis I will be the first integrated flight test of NASA’s deep space exploration system: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration, and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond. During this flight, the uncrewed Orion spacecraft will launch on the most powerful rocket in the world and travel thousands of miles beyond the Moon, farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown, over the course of about a three-week mission. ​Orion is scheduled to return to Earth December 11, landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Click on the links below to learn more, follow along with the mission, and find some fun activities to do at home!

Join Artemis! NASA

Orion Activities & Coloring Pages

Orion A to Z Coloring Book