An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Warren Consolidated Schools, Warren, MI on 14 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:24 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W8HP. The contact should be audible over The middle U.S. and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

The mission of the Warren Consolidated Schools (WCS) district, in partnership with families and community, is to achieve a level of excellence in teaching and learning which enables all students to become knowledgeable, productive, ethical, and successful citizens. To help meet that goal, WCS supports programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), which give students a real hands-on experience in education.

The Middle School Mathematics Science Technology Center [(MS)2TC] has been built on the Warren Consolidated Schools district's internationally successful high school, the Macomb Mathematics Science Technology Center (MMSTC). While the high school program integrates seamlessly mathematics, science and technology, the middle school program integrates mathematics, science and informational literacy (reading and writing) with technology infused into each area. Both programs provide students with real-world, project-based learning activities that challenge their thinking, broadens their understanding of the world, and stretches their knowledge base while meeting the developmental needs of the students they serve.

The (MS)2TC student population consists of students from five different middle schools within the WCS district while the MMSTC student population draws from eleven different school districts within the county of Macomb in southeastern Michigan. Both schools serve a diverse community of students who come from various socioeconomic and ethnic groups.

The program goals of the MMSTC and (MS)2TC are to research, design, implement, and develop a powerful, unique learning environment and experience for high achieving students at the middle school and high school level that integrates mathematics, science, English language arts, and technology. To achieve this goal we have created a curriculum framework based upon the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) which integrates mathematics and literacy standards mirrored in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

Watch for live simulcast at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ariss-contact-warren-consolidated-schools Also watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage.

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

1. With astronauts from different countries, which language do you use to

communicate with each other?

2. What would you do if you became seriously ill while in space? How are

medical emergencies handled on the ISS?

3. What special training or education is required to become an astronaut or

to get to go to the ISS?

4. What is the most valuable tool up in space?

5. How does the International Space Station convert its solar energy to

electrical energy? How much energy do the solar panels provide to run the

ISS?

6. It's dangerous to look directly at the sun on earth. Is it dangerous to

look directly at the sun in space and why?

7. What is the most challenging part of your daily life in a zero gravity

environment?

8. Have you ever had to take evasive actions to avoid a wandering comet or

asteroid?

9. Before sending you to space, do they ask you what kind of food you like

so they can prepare it for you?

10. What's the shift between a sense of no gravity and gravity like once you

return to earth?

11. What material(s) is the ISS made of and how thick are the walls?

12. While you are in space do any back or body pains that you might have on

Earth disappear or get reduced?

13. What types of experiments are you currently conducting on the ISS that

will help people on Earth?

14. How do you get rid of trash or waste from the ISS?

15. Is your water recycled and if so, how?

16. How does it feel to go on a spacewalk?

17. What does it feel like to stare down at Earth from the ISS and know that

it is your home planet?

18. Do you receive 4G service in space?

19. How do you hydrate your food or drink water in a zero gravity

environment?

20. How do space debris affect the ISS? Has space debris ever hit the ISS and

how would you deal with an impact?

21 How does the ISS avoid getting hit by space debris?

22. What workout machines do you use in space?

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Next planned event(s):

1. Forest Knolls Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD., direct via KB3WOA

Thu, 20Mar2014, 14:38 UTC

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries.

ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).

Thank you & 73,

David - AA4KN

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