Program Contact
Carolyn Crow
Assistant Professor
carolyn.crow@colorado.edu
303.492.5014
Ad Astra Academy Colorado is a weekend-long program immersing underserved middle- and high-school students in the excitement of space science and exploration. During these programs, students learn about the stars, planets, and cosmos through hands-on activities based on CU Boulder’s cutting-edge space research. Culminating in a capstone project, students will engage with a current space mission team or research project led by CU faculty and researchers. The goal is to nurture students’ natural curiosity to promote self-directed and inquiry-based learning, following the curriculum developed for the highly successful international Ad Astra Academy (http://adastra.world/).
This program is offered free of charge to participating K-12 schools, targeting grades 6-12. Ad Astra Academy Colorado is actively soliciting partner schools for this program. Please contact us for more information.
Sponsoring Units
College of Arts & Sciences
- Department of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences
- Department of Geological Sciences
- Fiske Planetarium
Program Partners
- Fiske Planetarium
- Ad Astra Academy/Blue Marble
Audiences Served
- Historically Excluded/Marginalized/Non-dominant Group(s)
- Native American/American Indian
- Students - High School
- Students - Middle School
- Urban Communities
- Youth Placed At Risk