Space
Camp for
Interested
Visually
Impaired
Students

SCIVIS 2013 registration is OPEN!!!

Nic Boone, from Australia, attended SCIVIS in '99 and '00 is getting his Ph.D. in Astronomy. He is talking about his experiences at SCIVIS on YouTube.

2012 Photo Site

WAAY TV Newscast about SCIVIS 24 Sept. 2012

SCIVIS Attendance Survey

Program Dates are Sept. 21 - Sept. 26, 2013
travel home date Sept. 27, 2013  

Program Costs: ALL PROGRAMS $700

YouTube of a Heidi Jackson singing her original song about space. She will be attending SCIVIS in the fall. The lyrics are included on the YouTube page.

SCIVIS Creed

"We are all here to learn with our peers. Let us celebrate our similarities and our differences. Let us respect other cultures, religions, and languages. At our beginning, many were given little chance but due to the people in our lives, we find ourselves in a wonderful place with wonderful people. Let us flourish in our learning, find joy in our experiences and remember our friends and knowledge we gained at Space Camp." -- Dan Oates

News!

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• NASA Podcast of SCIVIS 2011 Advanced Academy web conference with professional at NASA who are visually impaired. Contact Jim Allan if you want a disk version of the NASA Podcast.
• Interview about Space Camp, the movie A Smile a Wide as Big as the Moon, with 2 former SCVIS student and Dan
• **SCIVIS makes cover of Space Camp Program Guide**
• SCIVIS discussion group formed (Chaperones only)
• SCIVIS in the News Updated for 2011
  • Visually impaired students flying high at Huntsville's Space Camp (Huntsville Times 9/28/2011 includes video)
  • See SCIVIS on WHNT newscast

SCIVIS is

• A week long camp that takes place at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
• Coordinated by teachers of the visually impaired
• Accessible; computers used by students in the Space Camp Programs have been adapted for speech and large print output; materials and equipment used during missions are available in braille and large print
• Participatory - students participate fully (each student is screened based on their eye medical condition --limitations may be placed on some)

SCIVIS is actually 4 separate programs.

• Space Camp
• Space Academy
• Advanced Academy focus on space travel.
• Aviation Challenge.