Live Space Walk 2/25/15

On 2/25/15 we watched a live spacewalk on NASA's website. We observed the communication and the astronauts in space making repairs on a robotic arm on the International Space Station (ISS). We observed Earth and the sun from a very unique and amazing view.  We also used twitter and tweeted an astronaut named Douglas Wheelock (@Astro_Wheels). We asked him what time zone they use while in space and he responded to us within 30 minutes! The students were very excited to get a live tweet from space, thank you Douglas Wheelock! You can view other questions asked by adults and students on twitter using #askNASA.

Today I will show a clip from apollo 13 demonstrating problem and solution and how that relates to engineering. I encourage my students to be engineers whenever possible and to find times in their lives when they themselves are engineers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egWvQuT5TCU

I also will show them the original Apollo 13 math that saved the day and sold for $388,375 in 2011.

http://gizmodo.com/5863778/the-math-that-saved-apollo-13