Sherlie's Home
Sherlie's Home
Sherlie's Home
Sherlie's Home
The first event conducted by IgnitedThinkers was in Vizag, India at Sherlie's Home. Using Estes model rockets and motors, the kids learned about the importance of aerodynamic principles and the basics of rocketry. Over 60 kids were able to see the launching of rockets and learn about the basics of physics in model rocketry. It was an amazing experience, and all the kids thoroughly enjoyed the workshop. Gitika Gorthi and Dr. Scribner are planning to conduct another workshop in the future to get these kids into space careers and to further the kids' understanding of rocketry in the future. IgnitedThinkers provided resources for kids to continue in model rocketry and space education, as well as giving awareness to these kids on how to get into the space industry.
Visit the Sherlie's Home website to donate to their home and help support these creative and intelligent kids with basic needs and school supplies: http://childrensfund.net/
This event was a proof of concept of future workshops IgnitedThinkers plans to host, and paves a pathway for future workshops for kids of all ages around the world.
The first event conducted by IgnitedThinkers was in Vizag, India at Sherlie's Home. Using Estes model rockets and motors, the kids learned about the importance of aerodynamic principles and the basics of rocketry. Over 60 kids were able to see the launching of rockets and learn about the basics of physics in model rocketry. It was an amazing experience, and all the kids thoroughly enjoyed the workshop. Gitika Gorthi and Dr. Scribner are planning to conduct another workshop in the future to get these kids into space careers and to further the kids' understanding of rocketry in the future. IgnitedThinkers provided resources for kids to continue in model rocketry and space education, as well as giving awareness to these kids on how to get into the space industry.
Visit the Sherlie's Home website to donate to their home and help support these creative and intelligent kids with basic needs and school supplies: http://childrensfund.net/
This event was a proof of concept of future workshops IgnitedThinkers plans to host, and paves a pathway for future workshops for kids of all ages around the world.
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Gitika Gorthi was invited by STAR, an organization that strives to spread space to all, to be a panelist in their series of webinars to spread space education and share inspirational stories to others during the unprecedented times with Covid-19. I shared my journey of starting rocketry at a young age, 13, and how I came to be the founder of IgnitedThinkers. It was an amazing interview that can be found on STAR's facebook or on their youtube channel!
Here is the webinar poster:
Here is the link to the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XgB-9FkJKw
After the webinar, I was invited by another 2 webinars --one for my journey and another for a rocketry workshop for kids online-- and I was contacted by a parent whose 11-year-old, Sanjay, was inspired by the webinar to pursue his passion for rocketry. Mr. Padmanabhan, Sanjay's father, wanted to have a conversation on how to help his son pursue his passion for space and rocketry and I was excited to know of such supportive parents! To support Sanjay's efforts, we planned a GoogleMeet meeting with Sanjay, his father, and me! This young boy will definitely do something great to further our understanding of space and I cannot wait to see his discoveries.
Below is a picture that Sanjay drew, showing his deep love for space:
Contact IgnitedThinkers if you want to do webinars or would like to have a discussion on how to further your space journey! Space is for all and IgnitedThinkers would like to help you on your journey to space.
