Wow! I saw this in the news yesterday! How cool is that!!
2013/02/24
Hey guys!
I`m waiting for the trip to Florida very much. I`ve always been interested in space and I want to know more about space. This is a great opportunity to get more information about it!
Eve and I belong to the so-called "working group" ( eve already mentioned about that :) ) and we have to plan what else we can do in Orlando than visit the Kennedy Space Center ( which is the main target). We have a few ideas, but the plans are still open. We thought that we go to the Walt Disney World and shopping to the fantastic shopping malls. Still need to plan. Fortunately, we have still a little time to plan!! :)
I hope that trip will be immemorial! :)
I`m waiting for the trip to Florida very much. I`ve always been interested in space and I want to know more about space. This is a great opportunity to get more information about it!
Eve and I belong to the so-called "working group" ( eve already mentioned about that :) ) and we have to plan what else we can do in Orlando than visit the Kennedy Space Center ( which is the main target). We have a few ideas, but the plans are still open. We thought that we go to the Walt Disney World and shopping to the fantastic shopping malls. Still need to plan. Fortunately, we have still a little time to plan!! :)
I hope that trip will be immemorial! :)
2013/02/19
Hello everyone!
I am also going to Florida next November and I'm of course very excited. I have always been interested in space because it´s so huge and unpredictable. No one knows everything about it. This is very good chance to get some information about space.
Going to Kennedy Space centre is an exciting and instructive thing. I will learn more about space and know how I can apply these things to Physics, and mabye get new ideas what I will do in Future. I don't know yet what I want to study, so I hope that this whole project will help me to decide.
I am also going to Florida next November and I'm of course very excited. I have always been interested in space because it´s so huge and unpredictable. No one knows everything about it. This is very good chance to get some information about space.
Going to Kennedy Space centre is an exciting and instructive thing. I will learn more about space and know how I can apply these things to Physics, and mabye get new ideas what I will do in Future. I don't know yet what I want to study, so I hope that this whole project will help me to decide.
2013/02/13
I'm waiting for the trip to Kennedy Space Center and Orlando very very much! What a wonderful opportunity! The trip gives me more eagerness to study Physics. It will be great to learn more about space and astronauts. The main target in Orlando will of course be Kennedy Space Center but we will have time to do and see other things too. Isa's and my job is to plan other schedule. So any good ideas?
2013/02/12
KYL Times on Space Camp
The information below is based on an article originally published in KYL Times, written by second-year student Karita Tolvanen.
The Space Camp course was launched in the fall of 2012. The brains behind the project is a certain teacher of mathematics and physics, let's just call him the Professor. While working in other schools, the Professor had already tried to implement the course, but without much success. A project like this does demand a lot of time and effort, and not everyone is motivated enough to embark on the journey. That's why the Professor takes great pride in our students, who showed initiative and enthusiasm in bringing the project back to life.
The culmination of the project will naturally be the trip to Kennedy Space Center later this year. The trip will not only give the participants a chance to understand the history and technology of space research, but (and of this I am extremely jealous) they will also get to go to dinner with astronauts. Now how cool is that! However, the course entails more than that. During the course, the students will acquaint themselves with Finnish space research and visit e.g. Kumpula Space Center. In addition, they will study the different aspects of space physics through the means of independent study and group work.
The participants are, as one could expect, excited about this opportunity. After all, it probably is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for at least most of them. Perhaps some of them will shed light on their thoughts about the project in the blog as well! I for one am really looking forward to reading their ideas.
And here they are, the participants of KYL Space Camp 2013 (c) Saana Ranta:
The Space Camp course was launched in the fall of 2012. The brains behind the project is a certain teacher of mathematics and physics, let's just call him the Professor. While working in other schools, the Professor had already tried to implement the course, but without much success. A project like this does demand a lot of time and effort, and not everyone is motivated enough to embark on the journey. That's why the Professor takes great pride in our students, who showed initiative and enthusiasm in bringing the project back to life.
The culmination of the project will naturally be the trip to Kennedy Space Center later this year. The trip will not only give the participants a chance to understand the history and technology of space research, but (and of this I am extremely jealous) they will also get to go to dinner with astronauts. Now how cool is that! However, the course entails more than that. During the course, the students will acquaint themselves with Finnish space research and visit e.g. Kumpula Space Center. In addition, they will study the different aspects of space physics through the means of independent study and group work.
The participants are, as one could expect, excited about this opportunity. After all, it probably is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for at least most of them. Perhaps some of them will shed light on their thoughts about the project in the blog as well! I for one am really looking forward to reading their ideas.
And here they are, the participants of KYL Space Camp 2013 (c) Saana Ranta:
2013/02/11
Space Camp project from an English teacher's perspective
This is a blog for a group of second-year high school students involved in a Space Camp project as part of their physics studies. The idea is to write entries about both space-related topics and the students, their school, as well as the project itself.
There are 19 students taking part in the Space Camp project. 15 of those students are currently on my English course that deals with science and technology. In the wake of my personal tech-epiphany, I wanted to incorporate some actual science and technology into my English class, and what better way to do it than combine it with the ongoing space project. Hence the idea of a Space Camp blog in English.
The project has already seen a lot of interdisciplinary co-operation. A while ago our school published KYL Times, a school paper, as a supplement of a local newspaper. The paper included articles written by the participants of a written communication course in Finnish, while the students involved in entrepreneurship studies acquired advertisements for the paper in order to cover some of the costs. The profits obtained will go to funding a trip to Kennedy Space Center in November, 2013.
For me personally, the project couldn't have come at a better time. Due to various reasons, it's my firm intention to use more technology in my classroom. In addition, I want to encourage my students to use English outside the classroom as well. Being able to combine the two aspects - I couldn't have asked for more!
There are 19 students taking part in the Space Camp project. 15 of those students are currently on my English course that deals with science and technology. In the wake of my personal tech-epiphany, I wanted to incorporate some actual science and technology into my English class, and what better way to do it than combine it with the ongoing space project. Hence the idea of a Space Camp blog in English.
The project has already seen a lot of interdisciplinary co-operation. A while ago our school published KYL Times, a school paper, as a supplement of a local newspaper. The paper included articles written by the participants of a written communication course in Finnish, while the students involved in entrepreneurship studies acquired advertisements for the paper in order to cover some of the costs. The profits obtained will go to funding a trip to Kennedy Space Center in November, 2013.
For me personally, the project couldn't have come at a better time. Due to various reasons, it's my firm intention to use more technology in my classroom. In addition, I want to encourage my students to use English outside the classroom as well. Being able to combine the two aspects - I couldn't have asked for more!
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