Well we have finished day four of five days here at Space camp. I can't believe it is almost over. I have meet people from all over the USA and also from Mexico and Britain. It has been a wonderful experience and I can't begin to think about how it is going to change my teaching. The program they have set up here in Huntsville is truly remarkable and I thank Honeywell for sponsoring almost 300 teachers.

I'm going to try and attach some pics.

One is my team Inspiration after we did our first mission simulation.

Another one is me with Homer Hickam. Find out about this true gentleman and believer in education at
http://www.homerhickam.com/books/rb.shtml

Another is me in a mock up of the International Space Station (ISS)during our simulation

The last one is a group of us with our bottle rocket!!!! It flew straight and true and was called "The Silver Bullet"


They will be sending us home with 2 cds and 4 dvds. Everytime we ask if we can have a copy of something...they say "it's on the CD."

I hope to encourage other teachers to apply for this great program and attend next year.

Take care and will see you all soon

space camp

Astronaut Springer,










My home away from home











The view from my dorm room














Well, I made it here to Huntsville AL home of Space Camp. It has been an interesting 2 days so far. I have meet some great people and had some wonderful experiences already! It has been tremendous. I have so many ideas to bring back to the classroom and we still have 3 days left! Today we got to meet and listen to Astronaut Springer http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/springer-rc.html

He was on to Shuttle missions see details below.

STS-29 Discovery (March 13-18, 1989) was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. During 80 orbits of the earth on this highly successful five day mission, the crew deployed a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, and performed numerous secondary experiments, including a Space Station -heat pipe" radiator experiment, two student experiments, a protein crystal growth experiment, and a chromosome and plant cell division experiment. In addition, the crew took over 4,000 photographs of the earth using several types of cameras, including the IMAX 70 mm movie camera. Mission duration was 119 hours and concluded with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

STS-38 Atlantis (November 15-20, 1990) was launched at night from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. During the five-day mission the crew conducted Department of Defense operations. After 80 orbits of the earth, in the first Shuttle recovery in Florida since 1985, Space Shuttle Atlantis and her crew landed back at Kennedy Space Center. In completing his second mission, Bob logged over 237 hours in space.

This was the highlight of our day today. Today was a short day from 8:00 AM til 7:30 PM tomorrow we start at 7:00 AM and do not return to the dorms until 9:30 PM. I wouldn't trade this experience for anything.

I'm attaching a few pics but will have to do some more when I get home.

What I think I'm getting myself into!!!!

Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy participate in 50 hours of professional development as well as an intensive educator curriculum focused on space science and exploration. Activities include classroom, laboratory and field training which are linked to science and math teaching standards. Each teacher will also have the unique opportunity to participate in real-life astronaut training exercises including a high-performance jet simulation, scenario-based space missions, land and water survival training, and a state-of-the-art flight dynamics programs.