The ARISS "archives" do not contain lesson plans, only contact statistics and the old applications. ARISS is a partnership between AMSAT, ARRL and the space agencies. In the USA things changed recently as the NASA Education Office took a larger role in school selection and looking for the educational benefit. My observation as a helper for schools making a contact with ISS and in helping my own school make it's contact is that ARISS defers the education portion to the local teacher/school by necessity in terms of manpower and skill sets. As you say most of the time you can't stray too far from the curriculum. The "lessons" we used are actually available from Debra Johnson at ARRL HQ they are quite good and are geared to the junior high and high school level. They are not satellite specific. Likewise, Mark Spencer at ARRL has developed some materials using WX sats for the classroom. Part of the problem as I see it with ARISSat-1 was the changing delpoyment schedule. If you are trying to do a lesson plan many times you have a specific period of time to do it and if you plan for February and now it's April, you have to cover the material you have to cover and there is little time to backtrack. We in the sat community understand this, teaching schedules do not. To the best of my knowledge AMSAT does not have any written lesson plans. NASA Education probably has some materials as well.
John
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Roger Rogerkola@aol.com wrote:
Hi Clint...
As the husband of a Middle School Math/Science teacher, I could use links to Lesson Plans built around any of the receivable satellites that would help garner interest in these kids during their "formative" years.
With all the emphasis on testing and measurable results in the classroom, teachers have scant time to develop interesting science projects that are outside the state and federal "frameworks" and won't be tested for at the end of the year.
There must be a treasure trove of pre-existing lesson plans and incorporation ideas which she could tap into bringing Amateur Satellites or satellites in general into the classroom.
Roger WA1KAT
-----Original Message----- From: Clint Bradford Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 5:39 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: In School ARSSat Demos / lessons
... With ARISSat-1's main mission being Educational I would like to hear
about people's experiences with schools in using ARISSat-1 as a teaching tool ...
What do you need? Classroom lessons abound for all aspects of amateur radio as it applies to the satellites - from elementary school to college classrooms.
Each ARISS contact has a lot of work "behind the scenes" at the campuses. There are phenomenal teachers and school administrations who really get behinds their ARISS projects.
Be a little more specific with what you need - and I can either assist you, or point you towards excellent resources.
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