The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, has participated in the National Defense Education Program (NDEP) Virginia Demonstration Project (VDP) Summer Academy since 2005. This year the summer academy took place on June 27 - July 1, 2011. Over one hundred rising eighth grade students participated in various STEM activities throughout the week. These activities included team building; tower construction and test; water rockets construction, test, and data analysis; life science; eight different Navy-related robotic missions; human systems integration; design brief preparation and presentation to a VIP panel. Students were assisted by eight junior mentors, seventeen teachers, and twenty Scientists and Engineers.
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