KS2 Astronaut Training Camp

(All images courtesy of Nasa.gov)


Wow!  We have grown and the club is considered filled with 9 to insure we can complete the projects scheduled for the next 3 terms.

This coming week we have completed our country assignments and journals are started.  Each astronaut has chosen a country to represent and is working on learning the language.

Currently our project has representatives for the following countries:

Italy

Canada

Japan

Russia

United Kingdom

United States

Brazil

Finland

Germany

Poland

We have included all the countries we currently are working with in our Comenius Project (Finland, Germany and Poland).

Our current term is busy so I will post the outline and work to update as we finalize any events.

Remember, wear your PE kits to TRAIN and bring your journal!

Term 2

• Week 1 (5/11):  Review languages and flags.  Complete country/astronaut links.
• Week 2 (12/11):  Training.  Sign the International Space Station charter. Fitness without gravity.  Research mission project and select.  HW:  Patch design. Training. Pending:  approval for remote tracking station visit.
  
• Week 3 (19/11):  Training.  Continue: Module research and selection.  Begin module design in teams.  Presentation of Astronaut Countries and patch selection at 4.00pm (Families invited...remember to bring a dish from your country to share).
• Week 4 (26/11):  We need walkie talkies on this DAY! (Wear your astronaut kit from this day on.)  Thanksgiving Day in America!  Training and team building projects (Working together at a distance). 
• Week 5:   Training.  Continue Module Design.
• Week 6: Satellite Communication.  How do we talk to things in space?
  
• Week 7: No meeting.  School is OUT for Christmas!  Enjoy.
  

Websites:

 Nasa International Space Station Page  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Comenius   http://www.britishcouncil.org/comenius

European Space Agency    http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html

"* The 18 ESA Member States are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Canada, Hungary, Poland and Romania participate in some ESA projects under cooperation agreements." As of 5/11/09 (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Education/SEMT6BOFGLE_0.html)