[ML-Hams] Fwd: [nn4sa] ISS contact for a school this week.

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Today's Topics:

1. ARISS contact with Rainbow Middle School this Wednesday at
11:30am. (Tim N8DEU)
2. Re: ARISS contact with Rainbow Middle School this Wednesday
at 11:30am. (Tim N8DEU)

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Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 22:15:06 +0000
From: Tim N8DEU <n8deu at outlook.com>
To: HARC <members at harc.net>
Subject: [HARC] ARISS contact with Rainbow Middle School this
Wednesday at 11:30am.
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Rainbow Middle School, Rainbow City, AL on 04 Jan. The
event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:30 UTC.

Listen to 145.800 MHz FM for the downlink signal from the International
Space Station this Wednesday, 04-JAN-2017. At 11:30am to 11:40am CST
Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, will be answering questions from space
with students at Rainbow City Middle School in Rainbow City, Alabama. The
Amateur Radio Satellite station at the school will be ready to supply this
wireless radio connection for 19 lucky students. You will not be able to
hear the student questions on the downlink, but you will hear the response
from space easily on the East coast with a handheld radio. The ISS will
pass almost directly over Rainbow City at 80 degrees elevation.

I am looking forwarding to assisting the Gadsden Amateur Radio Club to make
this a successful event and watch the joy it brings to the students. There
may be a future space cadet waiting to be influenced.

The contact will be direct between N4ISS and K4JMC. The contact should be
audible over the state of Alabama and adjacent areas. Interested parties
are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact will be
conducted in English.

Rainbow Middle School is located in North East Alabama. We are a 6th - 8th
grade school of about 700 students. This is an exciting adventure for our
students to learn more about the challenges and opportunities of space
exploration. We hope to enliven their curiosity and interest through
efforts and experiences before, during, and after the ARISS contact. This
also provides our students the occasion to learn about amateur radio and
how it works.

We have completed a variety of activities and lessons which have heightened
our anticipation for our contact date. Many of our students did not
understand the International Space Station or what it is used for before we
started this process. On October 19, and November 18, our 6th grade classes
joined to watch a replay of both ISS launches. It was very exciting to
watch Expedition Crew 49 and 50 begin their journey into orbit. We have
viewed tours of the ISS and have watched recent interviews with crew
members aboard the ISS. Many students have downloaded a NASA app to keep up
with current news and happenings. We are currently researching the crew
members of Expeditions 49 and 50 to understand their background and
interests. Half of the 6th grade curriculum focuses on the Sun Earth Moon
System and Planetary Systems. Various lab activities are helping us to
explore gravity on different planets, construct and utilize scale models of
our solar system, simulate different planetary
and solar system processes, and expand our student's overall knowledge of
the Solar System. After our contact in January we will be continuing
activities and research of space exploration, the ISS, and amateur radio.

As teachers we have been energized as we have learned more and more about
the ISS and NASA. It has been exciting to share with our students in this
process of learning and preparation. We are amazed as we study our Earth
and beyond.

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

Below is a transcript of the questions:

1. What made you want to become an astronaut?

2. How does it feel to achieve something as cool as being in space?

3. Who did you look up to when you were young?

4. What was the hardest thing you went through while training to become an
astronaut?

5. During blast off, did you feel any physical pain or sickness?

6. Before launch what were you thinking?

7. How does being in space affect blood pressure?

8. Because it takes two days to get to the ISS, how do you eat?

9. What was the hardest challenge for you to overcome knowing that you
would be in space for a long period of time?

10. How, and how often, do you communicate with your family while aboard
the ISS?

11. Now that you have been in space a while, what simulations on Earth did
you find to be most helpful?

12. What's the most fun thing you do for entertainment while aboard the ISS?

13. Does the change in gravity cause your daily chores and work to be
easier or harder?

14. What happens if you were to get sick in space?

15. Are the astronauts able to vote while in space?

16. How do you wash your dirty laundry while aboard the ISS?

17. While on ISS, do you miss Earth's ways of doing life?

18. Is there a minimum age limit for space travel?

19. What is one thing that you enjoy doing in space that you can't do on
Earth?

73,

Tim - N8DEU
AMSAT Area Coordinator

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Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 00:50:05 +0000
From: Tim N8DEU <n8deu at outlook.com>
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Subject: Re: [HARC] ARISS contact with Rainbow Middle School this
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BTW, the ARISS radio contact is a small piece of the educational outreach
program. It just happens to be the grand finale of the process. In the
months leading up to the Amateur Radio contact the students have been
learning about science and technology. The STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math) program is a major part of this process. The Amateur
Radio Community gets the opportunity to display what our hobby has to offer
through the ARISS program.

When the students see the antennas go on the roof, they start asking
questions. When the parents are waiting in the pickup line after school
watching the antennas go up, they start asking questions. Questions are a
fundamental part of this process and it helps build the excitement. They
have no idea what to expect. It is that moment that they hear the Astronaut
on the other end that this is all very real. A ham radio station talking to
space? Then, we show it can be done with a HT and a handheld antenna to get
the buzz started. They start asking more questions.

Without getting new youth excited about Amateur Radio we have an uphill
struggle.

Tim - N8DEU

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Subject: [HARC] ARISS contact with Rainbow Middle School this Wednesday at
11:30am.