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Members of Yuma Proving Ground’s (YPG) S1 Workforce Development team and engineers made their way to Gowan Science Academy last month to talk rockets.
The Gowan Gators second grade class had been studying rockets and invited the local experts at YPG to show them firsthand how rockets work.
YPG test engineers Bryan Sprouse and Caleb Little along with the S1 Team, Janett Rios, Teresa Elizalde and Maria Hernandez and the help of teachers, parent volunteers and seventh grade students guided the second graders through assembling a rocket.
Parent Erika Urbieta volunteered with her daughter Aria’s class. She’s familiar with YPG but has never had the opportunity to see the test items up-close.
“Even though we live right next to YPG, there’s not a lot of exposure to it. So, bringing it to the schools and having the kids build the rockets and learn more is great.”
Little has taken part in other STEM-related camps that YPG has hosted and is an uncle to two nieces. He enjoys the opportunity to teach kids about science.
Little remarked, “Working with the kids is a lot of fun, and it’s just as simple as that.”
Once the students were done with the hard work of building, it was time to watch the rocket show. Nearly 100 students had the opportunity to launch their rocket with the guidance of the YPG team.
YPG puts emphasis on reaching out to local students and teaching them about YPG’s mission as the premier extreme natural environment test center for weapons and technology and exposing them to the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in hopes they will choose a career in STEM.
Little explains, “They’re at such a young age where you can ask them a question and it’s almost a trick question, but it gets them to think.”
And that thought might just spark an interest in STEM.
| Date Taken: | 03.12.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 03.12.2025 15:52 |
| Story ID: | 491961 |
| Location: | YUMA PROVING GROUND, ARIZONA, US |
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