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Preparing for the Journey to Space
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ISS Power Systems!
The first of two Web Seminars on NASA: Preparing for
the Journey to Space was held on Thursday, October 27, 2005, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00
p.m. Eastern time. The session was presented by Dave McKissock,
who is an Engineer at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH. Among the
participants were some teachers who had attended the face-to-face
symposium at the NSTA Area Convention in Hartford, CT.
The session started with a general overview of the NSTA Web Seminar tools and how
they can be used to facilitate interaction between the participants and the presenters.
Seventeen participants were present in addition to the presenter and the NSTA staff.
Participating educators represented the states of New Jersey, Idaho, Michigan, Connecticut,
California, New York, Wyoming, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oregon,
and Indiana. Two participants joined the group from Canada and New Zealand.
Dave talked about the International Space Station (ISS) and how its solar arrays
work. It was interesting to learn that the complete set of solar arrays has not
yet been delivered to space. Like all the other components that make up the ISS,
the solar arrays are built on Earth, transported to orbit by the Space Shuttle,
and attached to the Station by astronauts.
Dave also talked about the different types of orbits -low Earth orbit and geosynchronous
orbit-and the potential damage to the solar arrays that can be caused by micrometeorites
and space weather. Throughout the presentation there were several opportunities
for the participants to interact with each other and with the presenter by answering
poll questions, chatting, stamping, and marking.
Here are some comments provided by the participants at the end of the Web Seminar:
- "Wonderful speaker who broke the terminology down so that it was easy to understand.
It was interesting to learn about the solar panels because this is a topic that
I know very little about."
- "I never stopped to think about how the space station was powered. It was fascinating.
It was also very well organized. My grandson, who is 8, was here with me and just
loved the great slides of the station as well, and has quite a few questions about
it."
- "This was excellent. I would love to be involved in more events like this. The
program was very organized with Flavio (NSTA moderator) taking questions and posing
them to Dave. He was able to help people get into the Web Seminar quickly by placing
the info in the chat area. Dave was very informative, and I like his laid-back style.
You need that at 6:30 p.m."
- "I especially appreciated the opportunity to ask questions in the chat area
and have them answered when appropriate during the presentation. I didn't know that
all of the solar arrays are not up on station yet."
Thanks to the participants and Dave for the learning opportunity, the interactions,
and a job well done! Join us for the second NASA: Preparing for the Journey to Space
Web Seminar scheduled to take place in January 19, 2006. The speaker will be Dr.
Art Poland from George Mason University.
Web Seminar I Resources
Archive
See a recorded
version of the Web Seminar.
PowerPoint Presentation
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Websites
For more information contact webseminars@nsta.org
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