STAR Base
    STAR Base is a National Guard Youth Program that uses a variety of experiments to develop a positive self-achieving philosophy in the 5th grade students at BEST.

      Dreams + Action = Reality

    BEST students participated in several experiements, built and launched rockets, discussed the history of aviation, and Newton's "3" Laws of Motion.  Below are several pictures and testimonies from the experience.
       
      Students in class.                            Students with a helicopter.

                                                          Night Vision Goggles
The day we had tried the night vision goggles was the Friday before Graduation. We were doing all of the rules before we put on the goggles. The rules were very complicated. For #1-We couldn’t point the front of the goggles in the light, otherwise we could be blinded, and #2- We couldn’t turn them on without an adult’s help, otherwise you might accidentally switch something on it which would be bad for your health. Then we had put on the night vision goggles & had to pair up in partners.  The partner had to follow the person with the goggles so that we wouldn’t get lost.  The other person had the compass so they couldn’t get lost either.  Once we got to the end, we went in a second time so that the other person could wear the goggles. Starbase’ basement was pitch black. You couldn’t see anything down there without the goggles. Even with the goggles on it was pretty spooky. So after that was done we went on with some other activities, but, that’s another story.

Marnika   11 yrs. Old
Breaunna 10 yrs. Old