Rendezvous with a Comet...
These Fifth Graders were put to work today. Their assignment--Rendezvous with a Comet! They spent half their time in Mission Control and the other half travelling into space to intercept a comet. While on this dangerous and exciting mission they managed to "discover" a new comet which they named Holmes2009 (after Mrs. Holmes, their mighty leader). Above, August is recording data about some meteor samples and using the information for further discovery.
Oh, no! The humidity in the space capsule is decreasing--causing static electricity. August suggested that if someone takes a shower that would increase the humidity. ;-) Instead they use a humidifier--a little better for the computers in the room!
Below the kids are in the space shuttle. August's job was to weigh some meteor samples and use a robotic arm to move the rocks onto the scale. He then needed to record the data and give it to the Data personnel
These Fifth Graders were put to work today. Their assignment--Rendezvous with a Comet! They spent half their time in Mission Control and the other half travelling into space to intercept a comet. While on this dangerous and exciting mission they managed to "discover" a new comet which they named Holmes2009 (after Mrs. Holmes, their mighty leader). Above, August is recording data about some meteor samples and using the information for further discovery.
Oh, no! The humidity in the space capsule is decreasing--causing static electricity. August suggested that if someone takes a shower that would increase the humidity. ;-) Instead they use a humidifier--a little better for the computers in the room!
Below the kids are in the space shuttle. August's job was to weigh some meteor samples and use a robotic arm to move the rocks onto the scale. He then needed to record the data and give it to the Data personnel
All in all a successful rendezvous! The kids really enjoyed the opportunity to learn about space and to be in command of the vessel. It was totally up to them to work toward the goals of the mission! August enjoyed the robotic arm! They had to learn words like eccentricity, velocity, ellipse, coma, among others. A great learning experience. It made me wonder if I'm smarter than a fifth grader??? 