Archive for May 2013

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Flight Week is HERE!

The team has made it to Houston, Texas and is beyond excited to begin their experience with the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program.



Everyone is already hard at work on the first day at Ellington Field. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the week!


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Exploring STEM with Lincoln Elementary

On Friday, May 17th, the UASEDS Microgravity team visited Lincoln Elementary School in Mesa, AZ to talk to all the 6th grade students as well as a 5th grade classroom.

 The students got to learn all about current space problems their generation can solve in the future, and the benefits and opportunities that come with a STEM education.

Many students were surprised to learn that with the knowledge they currently have (such as area of a square/rectangle, volume, unit conversion, proportions) and with the knowledge they will continue to gain as they move on to middle school, they can already begin to solve problems:

New NASA Satellite Takes Picture of Salton Sea
The Remarkable Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 130427A
Click the images to find out how these NASA space math problems were solved!



By the end of the presentation, the students gained a greater interest in space exploration and development, and were left with the message to never stop learning, and that with STEM, the sky is never the limit.

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How Many People Are In Space Right Now?

Visit this site to find out! 

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Reaching Out to Future Explorers

Yesterday, the UASEDS Microgravity team visited Leslie Shepherd's 3rd grade class at Lincoln Elementary School in Mesa, AZ to talk about:

STEM

(Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
Many of the students want to be veterinarians, doctors, and military engineers when they grow up, so they were very excited to learn more about the STEM fields.

 A wide range of topics were discussed with the students including size of the universe, star life cycles, black holes, NASA derived technology, robotics, and the Mars rovers.

 However, the students were particularly interested in the physics of space. Thus, star and planetary formation were heavily explored and discussed in great detail.

 The 3rd graders had a great time and were left inspired to keep up with STEM education in their daily lives and to never stop wondering.

The following videos were shown to the class. Enjoy!





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What Is Microgravity?


Watch this video to learn more!

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Perform Your Own Science Experiment

Do you have some baking soda and vinegar at home? If so, you can make your own....

What you'll need:
  • Baking soda
  • Vinegar
  • A container
  • Paper towels (for clean up)
Instructions:
  1. Place some baking soda into your container.
  2. Pour in some vinegar.
  3. Watch your volcano erupt!

How does it work?
The baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is a base, while the vinegar (acetic acid) is an acid. When mixed, they react together to form carbonic acid. It instantly breaks apart into water and carbon dioxide, which creates all the fizzing as it escapes the solution.

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