Thursday, January 23, 2014

Jobs for field trip

Communications Team (COM) - "Mission Control, this is the space station. Do you copy? Over?" COM Officers facilitate verbal communication between the two locations. They are skilled in reading and oral communications, and have the ability to work in high stress situations while remaining focused on specific tasks.
Data Team (DATA)
DATA Officers transfer all electronic messages between Mission Control and the space station, and access the research video library on demand. It sounds stress free until you realize that DATA Officers are transferring (and receiving!) messages from six other teams. DATA Officers rely on strong reading and oral communications and good organization skills.
Navigation Team (NAV)
Are we there yet? Navigation Officers can easily answer this one because they're responsible for navigating the spacecraft on its journey. They also coordinate launches and/or landings as the scenario requires. Navigation Officers have strong mathematics and reading skills, basic knowledge of coordinate geometry, basic knowledge of angle measurements, and an interest in astronomy.

Medical Team (MED)
How does living in space affect the human body? Medical Officers are tasked with monitoring all spacecraft astronauts for auditory and visual response time, respiration rate, skin temperature, and heart rate. Skills required for this position include a strong interest in biology and proficiency in mathematics.
Robotic specialist-  checks for chemical leaks on the spacecraft. Uses a robotic arm.
Life Support Team (LS)
Life Support Team members take thermometer, barometer, and hygrometer readings. They also perform pH tests and TDS tests on the spacecraft water supply. The position requires strong problem solving skills and interest in environmental science and chemistry.
Isolation Team (ISO)
Isolation Team members use robotic arms to conduct research related to radioactivity, meteoroids, and hazardous materials.
Biologist (BIO) This team is responsible for experimenting with plants and insects which are protested from human contamination.
Aeronautical Engineer
Students assemble, deploy, and monitor one or more space probes launched during a mission. The position requires strong mechanical skills, proficiency in mathematics and reading, analytical problem solving, and deduction skills.
SAM-The solar array monitoring team is responsible for monitoring micrometeoroid damage to the solar arrays. 
HazMat-The team is responsible for checking radiation levels on board the spacecraft and researching safe levels of radiation.
SPACE METEOROLOGIST-  Responsible for monitoring satellites that track solar flares and conducting an experiment about Earth's magnetic field.

Monday, January 13, 2014

January 14, 2014

Tomorrow we will continue with our presentations- make sure they are ready!
Today- here are some videos about life in the ISS. You may watch them with your partner or alone.  Headphones!
OR you can put them on the apple TV if you know how.

Tour of ISS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doN4t5NKW-k
 Play with your food-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wazzp4XluQs
Water experiments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntQ7qGilqZE

Homework due Thursday- MAY start on Tuesday.
Do on the bottom of the ISS worksheet.
Writing assignment-
Think of an experiment you would like to do on the ISS in microgravity. What would be the control?  Write eight sentences ( minimum). Be sure you write complete sentences that make sense.

 

FYI:   20 Everyday Things We Have Because Of NASA

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/everyday-items-developed-by-nasa-2012-8#ixzz2qJ7Uv6lk



Week of January 13, 2014 ( minus Friday)


Space FOOD
http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/how-do-they-do-it/videos/how-do-they-do-it-space-food.htm

Monday & part of Tuesday- Present ISS Keynotes.
Due: worksheet over keynotes.

More ISS !
http://iss.jaxa.jp/kids/en/life/

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/

Tour of ISS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doN4t5NKW-k
 Play with your food-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wazzp4XluQs
Water experiments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntQ7qGilqZE



Thursday- Finish ISS presenations
Go over experimental controls.
Field trip permission forms & details.
Discuss homework assignment.
Writing assignment-
Think of an experiment you would like to do on the ISS in microgravity. What would be the control?  Write eight sentences ( minimum). Be sure you write complete sentences that make sense.

ISS worksheet due with homework assignment Friday.

Friday-
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/segwayed/lessons/CometsTale/com.html
Begin spectroscopy.
EMS Reading-
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html 
List the 7 types of waves from lowest energy to highest energy.
Define photon.
Why do we put telescopes in orbit?

Watch closely-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_KyYFYNvpI


SPECTROSCOPY- the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
SPECTRA- the group of colors that a ray of light can be separated into including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet : the colors that can be seen in a rainbow
SPECTROSCOPE- an instrument for forming and examining spectra especially in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum 

SPECTROSCOPY LAB- Monday

Online analysis of minerals in space- Mars and Moon
read background ... do activity
http://ser.sese.asu.edu/SPECTRA/index.html
In notability-
1. read background information
2. what is albedo?
3. find a picture of each of these minerals.


Friday, January 10, 2014

Friday January 17 & week of January 21, 2014


Friday-  1. Homework due.
article
http://www.ibtimes.com/nasa-discusses-gravity-dangers-space-life-aboard-iss-1412368
Click here to go on A COMET'S TALE-
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/CometsTale/com.html
2. Stardust mission
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Stardust was the first space mission dedicated to studying a comet and the first solid sample return mission in over 30 years. Stardust captured thousands of particles of comet dust during a daring close encounter with comet Wild 2. It also brought back samples of interstellar dust that may consist of ancient presolar grains that are older than our solar system. Analysis of these fascinating celestial specks will yield important insights into the nature and origin of comets, the evolution of our solar system, and possibly even the origin of life itself.  
Fact sheet:
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/cool.html
3. DEEP IMPACT
On July 4, 2005, the Deep Impact spacecraft arrives at Comet Tempel 1 to impact it with a 370-kg (~820-lbs) mass. On impact, a crater is produced expected to range in size from that of a house to that of a football stadium, and two to fourteen stories deep. Ice and dust debris is ejected from the crater revealing fresh material beneath. Sunlight reflecting off the ejected material provides a dramatic brightening that fades slowly as the debris dissipates into space or falls back onto the comet. Images from cameras and a spectrometer are sent to Earth covering the approach, the impact and its aftermath. The effects of the collision with the comet will also be observable from certain locations on Earth and in some cases with smaller telescopes. The data is analyzed and combined with that of other NASA and international comet missions. Results from these missions will lead to a better understanding of both the solar system's formation and implications of comets colliding with Earth.
The Mission
The Deep Impact mission lasts six years from start to finish. Planning and design for the mission took place from November 1999 through May 2001. The mission team is proceeding with the building and testing of the two-part spacecraft. The larger "flyby" spacecraft carries a smaller "impactor" spacecraft to Tempel 1 and releases it into the comet's path for a planned collision.


http://deepimpact.umd.edu/results/index.html




Tuesday- A Comet's Tale.- finish!


Wednesday- Info for field trip- puzzle.
Spectroscopes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_KyYFYNvpI

Thursday-
1. Job application and descriptions.
2. Communication exercise.


Friday-
1. Review field trip rules and details.
2. Job applications due.
3.Go over assignment that is assigned while I'm on field trip.

Mission Patch.  Research online and create.
Mission patches were first seen at NASA in 1965. But early manned NASA missions lacked such patches and instead, the astronauts gave their spacecraft names. Alan Shepard's capsule for Mercury 3 was named Freedom 7. When Gus Grissom proposed to name his Gemini 3 capsule Molly Brown (which was a reference to The Unsinkable Molly Brown, referring in turn to Grissom's Mercury 4 capsule, which sank in the ocean shortly after splashdown, NASA officials abolished the practice of naming capsules.

Astronaut Gordon Cooper then proposed to develop a mission patch for his and Pete Conrad's Gemini 5 flight. The original design had the names of the 2 crew members, a covered wagon and the title "8 Days or Bust", which referred to the duration of the expected mission. NASA administrator Webb approved the design but wanted the slogan to be removed.  Since Gemini 5 patches have been created for all NASA manned missions and many unmanned missions.


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/05/nasa-mission-patches-pitches-slideshow-gallery_n_3019838.html

One of the key features of the mission patch is that members of the mission design it themselves. Rather than commissioning a graphic designer or artist, the crew works together on a patch that sums up their involvement with the mission. It usually features the name of the mission and the astronauts involved in the case of manned space flights. Decorations like rockets, representations of Earth from space, and flags are all common ornamental elements.
Usually a mission patch has bold colors and simple lines and visual elements to make it easy to see and read. Small details may be more visible on close inspection of the patch. The patch may reference the purpose of the mission, including elements like a beaker to represent scientific research. People may also make inside jokes on their mission patches, as long as the content of the joke is appropriate for public consumption. Iconic elements like bald eagles or other symbols of the United States are common on NASA patches.











Tuesday, January 7, 2014

ISS assignment

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/

videos-

                                        Group 6


                                           Group 7











Week of January 6, 2014

Monday-
1. Field Trip announcement
2. Rubberband check in- due in class 1/15/14
3. TPS individual assignment

SEE BLOG POST FOR ISS assignment, or see board in my room.

Tuesday & Wednesday- work on ISS assignment-

Thursday- Present ISS assignments & Turn in individual ISS worksheets



Friday- Spectroscopy