1. Kansas 4-H SpaceTech
Project Areas

2. Kansas 4-H SpaceTech Project Areas
Astronomy
Computers
Robotics
Rocketry
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

3. SpaceTech Astronomy
Focuses on things outside of Earth’s atmosphere, like the planets, the sun, the Milky Way Galaxy, black holes, and things like that
Typical projects:
Telescopes
Posters
Notebooks

4. SpaceTech Computers
Focuses on computer technology, how they talk to each other (networking), how to program them, and how we get them to interact.
Typical projects:
Websites
Scratch projects (
Virtual Machines
Video Games
Micro Controlled systems (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, CHIP PCs, etc. )

5. SpaceTech Robotics
Focuses on how we automate things (make things do stuff for us). Typically though of as robots
Typical projects:
Lego Mind Storms (EV3 and NXT)
Pop Can Robots
Junk drawer robots (simple machines)
Robotic arms (water and electric)
NVIDIA Jetbot (for advanced youth) ( IOT/jetbot)

6. SpaceTech Rocketry
Focuses on how to build and fly rockets, it all comes down to Newton's laws of motion.
Typical projects:
Big rockets
Small rockets
Scratch Built Rockets
Educational displays

7. SpaceTech UAS
Focuses on using Unmanned Aerial Systems to enhance our lives
Typical projects:
Scratch built “drones”
Aerial field surveys
Site exploration
Aerial acrobatics
Pasture management
Educational displays
*No gliders don’t count as UAS exhibits

8. Resources
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