[sarex] [ARISS-i] Upcoming ARISS contact with Gymnasium Markt Indersdorf, Markt Indersdorf, Bavaria, Germany

Fri Jun 27 02:53:28 UTC 2014

Wow,

What a great student involvement and project activity work:

"The pupils are divided for this project into different groups that are
each responsible for one of the following activities:

• Technology: Installation, commissioning and maintenance of the antenna
system respectively the radio station as well as all the necessary hardware
and software

• Planning and monitoring: Organization of the overall sequence of events,
initiation of a school's competition to select the questions to the
astronauts, organization of rehearsals

• Presentation and documentation: Design of the facilities in question,
elaboration of exhibitions and wall papers, construction of a model of the
ISS, photo, audio and video documentation

• Public Relations (local and trans-regional): Press, TV, radio and website.

Very impressive!

Stefan, VE4NSA

On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 9:34 PM, <n4csitwo at bellsouth.net> wrote:

>   An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
> participants at Gymnasium Markt Indersdorf, Markt Indersdorf, Bavaria,
> Germany on 28 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately
> 12:08 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30
> seconds. The contact will be direct between DP0ISS and DN4OD. The contact
> should be audible over Germany and adjacent areas. Interested parties are
> invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to
> be conducted in German.
>
>
>
>
>
> The grammar school/high school of Markt Indersdorf (Gymnasium Markt
> Indersdorf GMI, Germany) began operations in the school year of
> 2001/2002. In 2007 the first students graduated successfully with the
> certificate qualifying them to go to university (Abitur). Currently, about
> 90 teachers instruct approximately 1,100 pupils aged 10 to 19, about 250 of
> them are in the qualification phase (years/grades 11 and 12).
>
>
>
> The GMI offers the choice between two faculties, the linguistic and
> scientific-technological one. Approximately 75 percent of the pupils decide
> for the latter. The pupils obtain an education in science from the 5th
> year/grade on, the subject Physics is taught from year/grade 8 on for both
> faculties, in the scientific-technological profile additional hours for
> more in-depth education are mandatory. In years/grades 11 and 12, the
> pupils have the choice between Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Experience
> has shown that about 30 to 40 per school year decide to take Physics.  About
> half of them vote for Astrophysics in the 12th year/grade.  From 5th
> year/grade on, all pupils study English as their first foreign language.
>
>
>
> The ISS project
>
> The pupils are divided for this project into different groups that are
> each responsible for one of the following activities:
>
> • Technology: Installation, commissioning and maintenance of the antenna
> system respectively the radio station as well as all the necessary hardware
> and software
>
> • Planning and monitoring: Organization of the overall sequence of events,
> initiation of a school's competition to select the questions to the
> astronauts, organization of rehearsals
>
> • Presentation and documentation: Design of the facilities in question,
> elaboration of exhibitions and wall papers, construction of a model of the
> ISS, photo, audio and video documentation
>
> • Public Relations (local and trans-regional): Press, TV, radio and
> website.
>
>
>
> Pupils of all ages should participate in selecting the questions to the
> astronauts. The examination of questionnaires of other schools which
> already made contact with the ISS should secure the creation of uncommon
> and interesting questions that are not asked in every interview.
>
>
>
> At the event in question - depending on the date and time - a large
> number, if possible, of the school family should be present in the assembly
> hall, for example, to attend a live broadcast from the radio room.
>
>
>
>
>
> Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
>
>
>
> 1.  What made you want to become an astronaut?
>
> 2.  How did your family react about your plans to fly into space?
>
> 3.  How often do you have contact with family and friends?
>
> 4.  Next to your family, what do you miss the most?
>
> 5.  Which personal things were you allowed to bring on to the ISS?
>
> 6.  How do you handle living together with your colleagues on very little
>
>     space?
>
> 7.  What does an astronaut do in his free time?
>
> 8.  How do you feel when you look down on Earth?
>
> 9.  How does a normal working day on the ISS look like?
>
> 10.  Which experiments are you carrying out on the ISS at the moment?
>
> 11.  How do insects fly in zero gravity?
>
> 12.  Is it possible to light a candle on the ISS? How does the flame look
>
>      like?
>
> 13.  What are the risks when you’re working outside?
>
> 14.  How do you feel during an EVA, when you’re wearing your space suit?
>
> 15.  Are there any health risks after a long weightlessness?
>
> 16.  How is the medical provision on the ISS guaranteed?
>
> 17.  How do you like the food on the ISS in comparison to the food on
> Earth?
>
> 18.  What are you going to do first, when you’re back on Earth?
>
> 19.  Who is your biggest idol?
>
> 20.  Which requirements do you need to become an astronaut?
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> Next planned event(s):
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> TBD
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> Thank you & 73,
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> David – AA4KN
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