Showing posts with label nccat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nccat. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Back Home!
I'm back, and boy was it an adventure. There was snow, fire trucks, jammed landing gear, an unschduled trip to Birmingham and a drive to Raleigh, but I am back home finally in one piece. I know that a lot of you were not able to see the videos. Sorry about that. I thought I had all the problems resolved before we left. I'm at a tech conference this week, but I am working on getting the videos into a format that I can get them out there to those of you who are interested. More later!
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Walking on the moon!
It's lunchtime and I've got a few minutes to update. We went to the simulators this morning and they were cool! My favorites were the Multi-Axis Trainer and the 1/6 gravity simulator. The 1/6 gavity simulator mimics what it would feel like to walk on the moon. The moon is smaller than the earth and therefore the pull of gravity is much weaker. This means that if you weigh 60 pounds on earth you would only weigh 10 pounds on the moon!
I'll post pictures and video later tonight. Now we're off to our group picture and then training for our space mission.
I'll post pictures and video later tonight. Now we're off to our group picture and then training for our space mission.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Space Camp!
I'm going to Space Camp!
In two weeks I will leave fly to Huntsville Alabama for a week at Space Camp. The trip is sponsored by the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT). First, a little bit about myself.
I'm a technology facilitator for Elementary schools in Lincoln County. Many of you may have met me this year as I worked with your teachers to bring more technology into your classrooms. Some of you may not have met me yet.
I love to use technology to learn about the world. I spend a lot of time reading about interesting things on the Internet and sometimes playing video games.
I have been interested in Astronomy and Space since I was in elementary school. I love reading about space travel, both real and imaginary.
I'm looking forward to space camp. From what I have read there are a lot of really cool things. I'm really looking forward to using microgravity simulators any maybe even flying the space shuttle on a simulated mission!
I'll post more as we get closer to the date. When I'm at Space Camp I plan to post daily. I may even be able to post videos and pictures from my experiences. I hope you will follow along!
In two weeks I will leave fly to Huntsville Alabama for a week at Space Camp. The trip is sponsored by the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT). First, a little bit about myself.
I'm a technology facilitator for Elementary schools in Lincoln County. Many of you may have met me this year as I worked with your teachers to bring more technology into your classrooms. Some of you may not have met me yet.
I love to use technology to learn about the world. I spend a lot of time reading about interesting things on the Internet and sometimes playing video games.
I have been interested in Astronomy and Space since I was in elementary school. I love reading about space travel, both real and imaginary.
I'm looking forward to space camp. From what I have read there are a lot of really cool things. I'm really looking forward to using microgravity simulators any maybe even flying the space shuttle on a simulated mission!
I'll post more as we get closer to the date. When I'm at Space Camp I plan to post daily. I may even be able to post videos and pictures from my experiences. I hope you will follow along!
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