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The InfoAge Space Exploration Center and ARISS

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO JUNE 30, 2021 !

TALK WITH AN ASTRONAUT

ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION!

ISEC has submitted a proposal to the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station with NASA  who are sponsoring students to talk with an Astronaut on the International Space Station. There is no cost for this program. If our proposal is accepted, twenty will be able to speak to an astronaut and ask a question about Space Exploration!   The program is open to Middle School and High School Students.

If you would like to talk with an astronaut on the ISS, research one of the topics below and submit a report (250 words), a poster, a video presentation, or any kind of presentation that includes a question you would like to ask.  Your question should be about what you have learned as you’ve researched the topic.  Choose from one of the following topics.   Projects will be chosen according to a rubric as shown below.

1. Project Diana: The First Earth- Moon- Earth Transmission

2. How Radio Works

3. Radio and Radar

4. Building a Crystal Radio

5. Transmitters and Receivers

6. The use of Radio in Space Exploration

7. Amateur Radio

8. Radio on the ISS

9. NASA’s Deep Space Radio Communications

10. Weather and Radar

More than one students may choose the same topic.  If there are more than 20 submissions we will choose the project that answers these questions best:

On a scale of 1-5 with 1 being the highest, does the question

1-Extend the learning.

2- Add information.

3- Clarify a point

4- Add understanding

5- Confirm what has been learned.

ISEC will help you with your research. We will guide your research through email, zoom or you can come to ISEC at 2300 Marconi Rd. in Wall Twp. on Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday between 1-5pm. You can learn to use the TLM18 Space Sentry Radio Antenna, a 60 ft. Satellite Dish to look at Pulsars, The Sun, The Milky Way, Weather Satellite Images and even other Galaxies! You’ll learn about HAM Radio and use it to bounce signals off the moon and even hear your own voice travel 500,000 miles to the moon and back!

If you want to do the research on your own or with a group of students, thats fine! You don’t have to visit ISEC if you do not have time. We will help you through email, zoom or in person. Your research can begin now or it can be done over the summer. The research project is due on January 10, 2022.

Students whose research projects are chosen will speak to the astronauts on the International Space Station on a date between January and June 2022 chosen by NASA and ARISS. NASA and ARISS will tell us the exact date within an 8 week window. Once we have the date we will invite the students who will speak with the astronauts to come to ISEC to make contact. Teachers and parents are invited to attend but are not obligated. We will also invite the community in schools, or elsewhere to attend the event through Zoom to be part of the event.

There is NO COST to participate in the program.

Fill out the form below by June 30, 2021 and submit it to:

lorilauber@gmail.com or drop it off at ISEC on Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday 1-5 pm.

Once we receive your registration you will receive a research guide.

The guide will be emailed or get it at ISEC at 2300 Marconi Rd., Wall Twp, NJ.  

Call 732-322-4823 to make an appointment to pick up your guide.

Student Name_________________________________________________________

School and Grade_________________________________________________________

Research Project Choice________________________________________________________

Student or Parent Email_________________________________________________________

Parent Signature______________________________________________________

Parents and Teachers: There is no obligation on your part to help students with their research. We welcome parents and teachers who would like to be part of the educational process. The team at ISEC includes, Lori Lauber, Educator, Frank O’Brien, NASA Solar System Ambassador, Jim Fagen, Educator at Manasquan, H.S., Dr. Daniel Marlow, Evans Crawford Professor of Physics, Princeton University, and Martin Flynn, Chief Technical Officer at InfoAge.

If you have any questions please call Lori Lauber, Director at ISEC at 732-322-4823.

The InfoAge Space Exploration Center, 2300 Marconi Rd.

Wall Township, NJ, 07719

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