When it comes to opportunities presented at the Gatton Academy, even the sky is not always the limit. <\/p>\n
A recent live Q and A with astronauts aboard the International Space Station is proof of that as Amy Bingham explains in this weeks View from the Hill. <\/p>\n
How do you celebrate holidays in space? What happens when you chew gum and blow a bubble in space? Those are just some of the questions asked of astronauts as they floated in the atmosphere some 250 miles away.<\/p>\n
Drew is showing you now how we fly around.<\/p>\n
It was a lot of fun to watch because the astronauts were having fun too.<\/p>\n
Its not every day students get to interact with astronauts while they are on board the International Space Station.<\/p>\n
The fact that they actually talked to an astronaut who was flying around the earth in a space station. Its just a remarkable thing. 500 plus middle school students from classrooms in which there is a teacher who is a National STEM scholar gathered at the Kentucky Science Center for the downlink.<\/p>\n
In Louisville there was so much excitement in the room during the live interview with the astronauts.<\/p>\n
Are there ever any practical jokes?<\/p>\n
The questions were submitted by National STEM Scholar classrooms nationwide, but were asked on camera by students representing six scholar classrooms in Kentucky.<\/p>\n
The technology is overwhelming.<\/p>\n
Space enthusiast and Gatton senior Sarah Vickers was one of seven Gatton students who were in the audience. <\/p>\n
The biggest thing I got out of it was learning how much theyre doing research for other scientists on the ground.<\/p>\n
Shes already conducting research in astro physics.<\/p>\n
Its just fun to see something related to so many aspects of my life.<\/p>\n
Here on campus, the feed was made available at the Gatton Academys Great Hall.<\/p>\n
Thats what the idea is. Especially here at the Gatton Academy. To continue to provide this extreme level of educational opportunity.<\/p>\n
And lead to a passion some students may have never known existed.<\/p>\n
You never know what will spark interest that creates a career aspiration and provides a goal to work for.<\/p>\n
Dr. Julia Roberts is the director of the National STEM Scholar program which is funded by the National Stem Cell Foundation. <\/p>\n
The Foundation was awarded the highly competitive NASA In-Flight Education downlink.<\/p>\n
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