Aug 06 2010
Visit from NASA
Today we began applying what we’ve learned so far by starting to plan our “Mission to Mars”. To kick of the day we had a visit from the NASA Education Specialist, Tony Leavitt.
NASA outreach education coordinator Tony Leavitt talked about some NASA programs, and Mars exploration. He told us about the INSPIRE program, which lets high school students be interns at the Ames laboratory.
Mr. Levitt’s presentation had really interesting pictures taken on Mars. As engineers we could design vehicles like the Spirit and Opportunity.
Today we got an introduction to our mission for next week. We were given cards with details about components to go into our spacecraft.
Everyone received a NASA sticker, which was a popular gift.
Tomorrow we head for the coast and Sunday we’ll be at Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation center… Then we’ll spend all next week planning for our trip to Mars!
Aditya
Good reply on the Phoenix Lander. Enjoy your trip to Newport.
Appa
PS. Anshuman is dying to talk to you.
Marcsu G,
Having fun? looks like you are. I wish I was there.
Love, Grandma Mary
Hello Ms. Elora!
So, today looked really interesting and fun. I can’t find you in the pictures though – imagine that. ;0) Learn lots so you can take Mom and Dad to Mars when we retire! I love you and miss you. Mom – Dad says hi and he loves ya and Rock says ruf – (it means hi and he misses you too!)
From Tracy C. to Rico C.!
HI! I went on a giant swing all the way to the top…..60 ft. in the air. It was AWESOME! Bordwa is fine….he just had exercise time. I C U ! C U Sunday.
Now leaving Yoshi!!
Hi, Ian S. We saw you on the video. Love you,miss you,and hope you are having a good time. I can’t wait to see you. Today I rode my bike with mom.
Hi Hailey!
I saw you working with your group in the background of the video:) I hope you are having a great time and can’t wait to hear all about it when you are home!! Make sure you are taking lots of pictures:)
Jenna
Hi, Theresa, it looks like you are having a good time. I look forward to talking to you Sunday. Did you run your baking soda car yet? how far did it go? Love, Mommy
Sammy,
I am very proud of you for being selected for this great opportunity. Soak up as much information as you can and make the most of your time there. It will be a quick 2 weeks and you won’t want to miss any of it. Love you buddy.
Elora – thought I better try on two pages just to make sure you see that I wrote ya! Dad and I made it home, we are both really tired. It was SOOOO Good to see you. I LOVE YOU! I miss ya. Rock says hi! I am glad you are having fun and learning interesting things that are right up there in your top areas of interest. See you VERY soon on FRIDAY!!!! Love, Mom
hey Rico – it was SOOOOOO good to see you today and get to hear about your amazing experience at camp. We are very proud of you! Learn all that you can this week, especially from Dr. Harris! How cool….a real astronaut! Have fun, work hard, think creatively. We love you! XOXOXOXOXOXO M, T & D
Hey Hailey!
Mom and Shauna told me that you’re having a great time! We’ll have to skype soon when you get home! Looks like an amazing time, I can’t wait for you to tell me all about it! Love you!
-Robin
hey thats me in the background!!!
Having a great time here at the summer science camp it is so much fun. I miss my family again wish i could see them again. oh well just have to wait till Friday. Can’t wait to see them!
Dakota H.
I feel so special that the people from NASA decided to come to Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp here in Oregon out of all of the other states!! I’m having the most wonderful time of my life here! I’ve NEVER been a whole 2 weeks away from my parents and I’m getting SUPER home sick =( But I’m trying my best to not think about home too much. I’m so excited for my parents (and maybe Grandma) to come to our closing ceremony. I love love love love love you!!!
Kendra K
We started the misson to Mars!
people are funny:)
So sweet here loving ever minute of it!!!
Dakota H.
hi mom ! luv u! hi adds! so much fun!
Noah
We have started the mission to mars and it has been very exciting so far. We planned and learned a lot, but we still have lots more to go.
Mission Mars starts!
To my family
I am having a blast. I saw Moms and Gramma’s coment. I have been on 3 field trips in 2 days!I hope you have a fun time going to the beach Marcus G
Hey Mom, Hey Dad!
I was so excited for the NASA guy to come visit. He taught us about the different rovers that have been on Mars and about water possibly being on Mars. I wish he had stayed to talk more!
Starla C.
That was awesome. I like the whole Internship for highschoolers with NASA i want to try next year
we learned a lot about mars
Im having alot of fun this week we are about to start building our spaceship models
nasa is cool
I am really exited to go to the Wave Lab today.
no body believe a spaceship that looks like a teddy bear can fly
On Saterday we went to the Newport beach. It was a lot of fun! Holly and i were running everywhere (inside the cones any way) The sand was actully kinda hot like some of the top of the sand was a little black.
Hello Julie,
How are you doing? I’m glad you got back to Medford safely. I saw your different posts. I had fun at the Wildlife Center. I got to see some Raccoons, ducks, a Barn owl, Great horned Owl, Bald eagle, Red tailed hawk, some baby mice, and their mother, and I think there might have been some other animals. I really liked the raccoons! They were really cute! I also learned that a rhino’s horn and a porcupine’s quills are actually made of really tightly twisted hair. Isn’t that interesting!? I also had had fun with you yesterday. I can’t wait to see you on Friday!
Love,
Elora
Finally someone takes a direct picture of me. Although the nasa stickers dont really go with my hat but hey… its summer camp.
i rly liked the nasa stickers and it was kewl to see myself in a video. the presention was kewl.
The guy from NASA was supper cool he talked about a ton of stuff..it was awesome
stikers on the hat were mine and jed idea so woevere else did it copied us!!
hade fun got a sweet sticker
it was fun
the nasa dudes were cool
Aditya
There is sooooo much to learn about our galaxy and even our own planet!
I learned how to make a graph on Excel.Today is the last day on computer class. Nooooooooooooooooooo
I thought that it was really awesome to hear about what we currently know about Mars and what we are still finding out. I’m glad we’re still discovering and learning!
Building that rocket was awesome. And the guy from NASA was pretty cool. =)
i really liked the nasa stickers and it was fun learning about how mars used to be covered by oceans.
I am going to think about looking more into it .