I sent this a couple of days ago, but for some reason it never appeared. See -- these thing happen even to members of the Board!
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: NASA tells students about Amateur Radio Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:10:46 -0400 From: Tom Clark, K3IO [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] To: AMSAT BB [email protected] CC: AMSAT BoD [email protected], AMSAT Officers [email protected]
We have all heard that amateurs on the Space Station (ARISS=Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) frequently have "direct from orbit" contact with students in schools around the world. To help prepare the students for an ARISS experience, NASA has generated a series of teaching modules for the students. They have three different packages available suitable for students in K-4, 5-8 and 9-12 grades (for folks outside the US, "K" is Kindergarten at age ~5, and Grades 1-12 are for ages ~6-18). I think that the AMSAT folks should see how amateur radio can be introduced to children -- the packages are described and available from NASA's Digital Learning Network (DLN) http://dln.nasa.gov/dln/ at http://dln.nasa.gov/dln/content/catalog/details/?cid=634.
I found them to be very interesting. Perhaps you know some local teachers who could make use of these lesson plans.
73, Tom