Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
27-4-1995 2:00 PM
End Date
27-4-1995 4:00 PM
Description
SAREX, the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment, is flown primarily as part of NASA's education program. Any school or educational group can submit a proposal for a prescheduled SAREX contact. It's hoped that schools will get interested in the space program and amateur radio, and make these activities part of the normal curriculum. Sometimes a SAREX contact is incredibly exciting, but forgotten soon after the shuttle mission is over. But in many cases SAREX does leave a lasting impression on the students and teachers. Co-author Joan Freeman is a teacher at South Seminole Middle School in Casselberry Florida. Three years ago she watched television and read the newspaper to find out about the space program. Now she uSes amateur radio every day in her class and completed a SAREX educational contact with the shuttle during the STS-65 mission. This paper will show what has been done, and suggestions for how to increase awareness about ham radio, SAREX, and the shuttle program in schools.
Paper Session III-C - A SAREX Case Study- Getting Teachers Interested in Amateur Radio and Space Education
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
SAREX, the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment, is flown primarily as part of NASA's education program. Any school or educational group can submit a proposal for a prescheduled SAREX contact. It's hoped that schools will get interested in the space program and amateur radio, and make these activities part of the normal curriculum. Sometimes a SAREX contact is incredibly exciting, but forgotten soon after the shuttle mission is over. But in many cases SAREX does leave a lasting impression on the students and teachers. Co-author Joan Freeman is a teacher at South Seminole Middle School in Casselberry Florida. Three years ago she watched television and read the newspaper to find out about the space program. Now she uSes amateur radio every day in her class and completed a SAREX educational contact with the shuttle during the STS-65 mission. This paper will show what has been done, and suggestions for how to increase awareness about ham radio, SAREX, and the shuttle program in schools.
Comments
Education, Space for Tomorrow
Session Chairman: William E. Lavinghousez, Associate Director of Education and Technology at the Center for Space Education
Session Organizer: Vickie Neal