| Phenix City Intermediate School
represents Alabama at the NASA Explorer Schools Summer Workshop! |
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Terry Sue Fanning: Our fearless leader for the
weeklong workshop! |
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Designing an airplane with a pencil, straw, tape, and a
piece of paper. Then measuring flight distances and calculating
average flight. |
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Alabama Team: 4 teachers and 1 administrator.
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Looking like astronauts: Robin Thomas, April Harrell,
and Carolyn Kimball (sitting). Shirley Garrett and Joe Blevins
(standing). |
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NASA Explorer Schools' participants are visited by Barbara Morgan, Educator Astronaut, and Peggy
Steffan,
Program Director of NASA Explorer Schools |
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Shirley Garrett as Public Awareness Officer (PAO) in Mission
Control with Barbara Morgan during the flight simulation on the Atlantis. |
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Robin Thomas and April Harrell are Intrepid's Mission
Control during a simulated flight. |
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Carolyn Kimball in Mission Control for the Intrepid. |
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Joe Blevins in the pilot seat for the Intrepid. |
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Group Pose with Barbara Morgan |
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Learning about moon phases. |
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Learning to use various units of measurement to measure area
and perimeter. |
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Homer Hickam speaks about how a teacher inspire him and his
friends. He has written several books, including Rocket Boys. |
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Group pose |
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Discovering the glove box at the Microgravity Lab. |
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Chris McLemore, whose hometown is Phenix City, demonstrates
microgravity activities. |
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Alabama Team working on Phenix City Intermediate School's
action plan for the next three years. |
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Robotics class leader! |
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Writing down actions of robot. |
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Programming the robot with new instructions. |
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Visiting rocket park. |
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Astronauts from Expedition 6: Pettit and Bowersox,
sign pictures after sharing their recent experience. It was very
entertaining! |
