Welcome to the "history pages" of Future Flight Hawaii 2001
Summer Program.
Future Flight Hawaii was founded over 10 years ago
with the intent of using space to catalyze student interest in
science, technology, and the future. Future Flight Hawaii was
initiated as part of the programs offered under the then Office of
Space Industry, Dept of Business, Economic Development and Tourism
as a means to
develop scientific literacy using space themes and
activities and as an opportunity to develop a new visitor niche
market. Six years ago, the
program was transferred to the Hawaii Space Grant
Consortium at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, which manages and sponsors
the FFH summer programs as well as an array of school year
programs including school visits, family science nights, and
teacher courses and workshops. We have used FFH concepts and
themes in the DOE space conferences. For the year 2001, 3 programs
were offered to students ranging in grades 2-7.