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Op vrijdag 10 maart volgt er weer een ARISS schoolcontact. Dit keer met een school in Komotini, Griekenland.

Het contact tussen Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, en SV7APQ in de 3rd Junior High School in Komotini wordt in teh engels gehouden en is in een groot deel van Europa te volgen op 145,800 MHz (+/- doppler).

Er is dit keer geen rechtstreeks tv beeld vanuit ISS gepland, maar via youtube is de activiteit in de school ook te volgen.

Klik hier voor een directe link.

Hieronder volgt een beschrijving van de school en de vragen die door de scholieren gesteld gaan worden.

73’s
Bertus, PE1KEH

School presentation

The 3rd Junior High School of Komotini is one of the 13 schools of Secondary Education that operate in Komotini, a city in the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, in the north-east of Greece. Our school is one of the oldest in the Municipality of Rodopi. The current building was constructed in 1992. Its a relatively new building with 16 classrooms, and laboratories for Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Music rooms, multiple-function rooms and a fully-equipped library. There are approximately 350 registered students (age 12-15), and 38 teachers of different fields in our school.

One of the main characteristics of our school is its multi-cultural character. 25% percent of our students come from repatriated Greek families who lived for about a century in countries of the Former Soviet Union (Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, etc) and came back to Greece in 1990 after the collapse of the regime in the countries of Eastern Europe. These students speak both the Greek and the Russian language fluently. 16% percent of our students are Muslims. The existence of a Greek Muslim minority in Thrace has been recognized internationally since 1922. Among them, there is a significant number of Pomaks and Roma students.

There are integration classes for students with special educational needs and learning disabilities taught by teachers of Special Education.

Additionally, every year many national educational programmes, such as Environmental Education, Health Education, Consumer Education and many Cultural programmes (music, dance, theatre, art, radio, astronomy) are implemented. Our school also has a very active cycling club. Students go on various educational trips every year, visiting other parts of Greece and expanding their learning skills and abilities.

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

1. Nikos (14): What is the most challenging problem of living in space?

2. Elena (14): Can you see the moon closer from Earth, is it different?

3. Kostantinos (15): How do you stabilize the food on the table?

4. Setsil (15): How often do you do extravehicular activity?

5. Georgia (15): Is it very difficult to become an astronaut?

6. Kiriaki (15): Do you have sufficient oxygen in ISS?

7. Magda (15): If you had just one wish to become true for your job what would it be?

8. John (15): If a member of the crew is injured can you give him first aid?

9. Gabriela (15): When you come back to earth, is it easy for you to walk?

10. Erifili (15): Which is the difference between day and night in Earth and in Moon?

11. Andreas (15): What is the main target of your expedition?

12. Fotis (15): Can you see meteor showers from space?

13. Chistina (14): Have you ever seen a comet from space?

14. Maria (15): How long did the preparation for this expedition last?

15. Alexandros (15): How many hours do you work, do you have shifts?

16. Paris (15): What is the most extreme procedure of your expedition?

17. Maria-Despoina (15): What is your favorite food in space?

18. Dimitris (14): How old were you when you decided to become an astronaut and what was the motive of your decision?

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA.

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.

Op donderdag 23 februari, om 8:31 uur UTC, is weer een schoolcontact gepland tussen 2 scholen in Frankrijk en Thomas Pesquet in het Internationale ruimtestation.

Als grondstation fungeert dit keer F4HHV. De downlink signalen van ISS op 437.525 MHz in FM zullen in een groot deel van Europa te horen zijn. Er is dit keer weer een grote kans dat ook het HAMTV station weer wordt geactiveerd zodat de Thomas Pesquet ook live te zien is via de website van de BATC. (https://hamtv.batc.tv/live/)

Hieronder volgt de presentatie van de school en de vragen die gesteld gaan worden.

73’s
Bertus

School presentation

We are two small schools in pretty twin villages in the South of France, Boissières and Saint-Dionisy. Enjoying very beautiful surroundings, we are located just 15 km from Nîmes and 40 km from Montpellier in the Occitanie region, on the threshold of the Camargue wetlands and the Cevennes mountain range.

Our villages are nestled at the foot of a hillside covered with evergreen oak trees, juniper bushes, thyme, “capitelles” (dry-stone cabins) and with a well-preserved “oppidum” (iron-age settlement) at its summit.

From the top, one can marvel at the splendid view over the plain of Vaunage (stretching between Caveirac and Calvisson), the Pic Saint Loup and the Mediterranean Sea on the horizon, and to the recognisable architecture of the Grande Motte (seaside town). On a clear day, one can even discern the peaks of Mont Lozère, Mont Aigoual and Mont Ventoux.

Our two little schools, served by a single school-bus-run, work closely together within an inter-town educational grouping (“Regroupement Pédagogique Intercommunal”) and maintain a privileged relationship with all of the children. The Boissières school welcomes 61 pupils from kindergarten (“maternelle”) to first grade (“Cours Préparatoire”).in three classes and the Saint-Dionisy school receives daily 73 children from second grade (“Cours Elémentaire 1re Année”)  up to fifth grade (“Cours Moyen 2e Année”) – also in three classes.

The pupils are delighted to work together on a common theme between the two schools. They are charmed by this wonderful project of being able to communicate with Thomas Pesquet from space. They have been carrying out lots of learning work and are making discoveries about astronomy, the International Space Station and communication. We can be sure that many are already dreaming of becoming the next Thomas Pesquet!

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

1. Selma (4): Est-ce qu’il fait nuit dans l’espace?
2. Elia (8): Qu’est-ce qui a été le plus difficile dans ta préparation?
3. Tom (5): Est-ce que la Terre est belle vue de l’espace?
4. Flavio (9): A quoi as-tu pensé juste avant le décollage?
5. Nathan (4): Est-ce que tu manges bien?
6. Gauthier (10): Tu réalises ton rêve… alors à quoi rêves-tu là-haut?
7. Ethan (5): Est-ce que c’est bien d’être dans l’espace?
8. Alexis (8): Un des plus beaux cadeaux de notre enfance serait que tu viennes nous voir : penses-tu pouvoir réaliser notre rêve?
9. Kylian (6): Qu’as-tu fait pendant le trajet jusqu’à la station spatiale?
10. Gabin (7): Est-ce difficile de vivre en apesanteur?
11. Gabriel (6): Est-ce qu’il pleut parfois?
12. Eléa (10): Quelles émotions ressens-tu lorsque tu travailles à l’extérieur de l’ISS?
13. Tatiana (6): Avais-tu un sapin de Noël dans l’ISS?
14. Maxime (10): Pourquoi fais-tu des expériences sur les végétaux dans l’ISS?
15. Louis (6): Y a-t-il des radiateurs dans l’ISS?
16. Maëlle (9): Est-ce qu’il y a de la vie dans l’espace?
17. Leah (6): Est-ce que tu peux manger glacé ou chaud?
18. Zoé (7): Es-tu pressé de revenir sur Terre?
19. Elea (6): Comment es-tu habillé dans la station?
20. Ewan (8): As-tu déjà vu passer une météorite par une fenêtre de l’ISS?

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA.

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.

Een ARISS schoolcontactmet een Amerikaanse School in Danbury, CT, USA loopt dit keer via het ARISS grondstation van ON4ISS in Belgie en is daarom hier in Nederland zeker goed te ontvangen.

Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, is de astronaut die dit keer de vragen van de South Street School, Danbury gaat beantwoorden. Het contact is gepland voor donderdag 2 februari 2017 om 18:49 UTC , ofwel 20:49 lokale tijd.

Zie hieronder voor een presentatie van de school en de vragen die de kinderen gaan stellen.

73’s

Bertus

PE1KEH

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There are two schools participating in this event; South Street Elementary
School and Westside Middle School Academy (WMSA).

Westside Middle School Academy offers students a unique opportunity to
partake in rigorous hands-on activities. There are two academies at
Westside, STEM and Global Studies. In the STEM academy, students take part
in engineering projects such as building small paper boats, designing escape
pods and launching weather balloons. Students also participate in the
Connecticut Invention Convention and Connecticut State Science Fair.
Teamwork is essential at Westside. Our teachers encourage us to go beyond
our limits and to give our best effort. In addition, Westside has a culture
of safety, respect and responsibility (S R 2), which ensures that all
students are learning in a safe environment. Finally, the diversity of our
school community enhances the learning experience for all students.

South Street School is one of 13 elementary schools in the city of Danbury.
The staff of South Street prides themselves on the diversity of the school
as it compares to the rest of the district as well as the state.  The state
average for Hispanic students making up the school population is 22.1%,
South Street boasts a solid 64.5% Hispanic population.  The “Melting Pot”
community that is found at the school allows for an incredible mix of
background experiences, cultural traditions and a wealth of different styles
of learning.  The majority of students gets to and from school by walking
with their families or friends and the sense of community and family is
strongly felt in the school and the surrounding areas.   Students at South
Street thrive in an environment that emphasizes inquiry based learning and
hands on experiences to fully immerse themselves in the complex curriculum
of today’s schools.

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

From South Street

1. Joycelyn (4th grade):  What is the most difficult part of your job?
2. Bryan (5th grade):  What type of microorganisms are dangerous in space? What micro-organisms are important and needed in space?
3: Zahara (5th grade): What type of medical testing does and astronaut have to go through to be physically and mentally fit for duty?
4. Juliet (4th grade): Did you always want to be an astronaut, or is it something you came to as part of a different career?
5. Shianne (5th grade): Does it bother you that you cannot see your family in space?
6. Madison (5th grade): What was it like to leave the Earth’s atmosphere, how did it feel?
7. Mia (5th grade): How long can a human stay in space?
8. Lindsey (5th grade): How are you able to get internet in space and send information back and forth to Earth?

From WSMA

9. Bethany (7th grade):   How do you handle Major Medical emergencies such as a broken arm or a heart attack?
10.Paloma (7th grade):  Do you have medical equipment besides a first aid kit ?
11. Oscar (7th grade):  Can you alter the procedure of an experiment?
12. Alex (7th grade): Are you limited in the types of experiment? Such as doing an experiment with open fire?
13. Marianna (7th grade):  Do astronauts work only on experiments that suit his/her specialty?
14. Stella (7th grade):  Do all the astronauts sleep at the same time?
15. Kayla (7th grade):   How do you overcome the language barrier aboard the ISS?
16. Vinny (7th grade):  Do astronauts have specific chores aboard the ISS?
17. Shelbie (5th grade): Is there different types of weather in space?  How does the temperature change during the time you are there?
18. Nicholas (5th grade): Is time different in space?  How do you figure out what time it is on Earth?
19. Alexis (7th grade): What is the emergency procedure if debris were going to hit the space station?
20. Alexis (7th grade): What time zone is the ISS on?