Category: Weekly Reports

April 14: The Augusta Preparatory Day School in Augusta, GA invited parents and students to Family Night to engage in learning activities and look at displays about school projects.  As part of the prep for the school’s upcoming ARISS radio contact in late summer, ARISS educator Rachel Jones and volunteer John Bobbitt set up and … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 4/24/2023

April 7: An ARISS radio contact was hosted at Collège Saint-Anatoile in Salins-Les-Bains, a rural area in the Franche Comté region of France.  During the contact, Steve Bowen answered 20 student questions. 100 students, professors, parents, and city and regional officials attended the event or watched the livestream from other rooms, as did 60 students at … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 04/17/2023

March 31: The Stone Magnet Middle School in Melbourne, FL hosted an ARISS radio contact between students and Steve Bowen; he answered 20 questions. The audience at school, students watching a livestream in classrooms, and the 71 people viewing a second livestream totaled 391. A week later, the second livestream listed 488 Views. Some visitors … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 4/10/2023

March 23: Lana’i High and Elementary School in Lana’i City, on one of the smaller Hawaiian Islands, hosted an ARISS contact with Warren Hoburg who answered 20 student questions and one from their lead teacher.  1,285 people came to the school or saw the livestream, and as of now, 479 watched recordings.  The Hawai’i News … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 4/3/2023

March 11-12: The ARISS team sponsored a two-day ARISS Educate the Educator pilot workshop – a teacher professional development workshop – in Roswell, Georgia at the Computer Museum of America. The purpose of this pilot workshop was to test the use of the ARISS SPARKI (Space Pioneers Amateur Radio Kit Initiative) Radio Kit by putting … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 3/27/2023

February 13-17:  Kittredge Magnet School in Atlanta, GA, had students engaged in the ARRL's (American Radio Relay League) School Club Roundup (SCR), an on-the-air operating event for US students throughout the third week of February.  Fifth grade science teacher Charamie DeMarco said her goal for students taking part in SCR wasn’t to win one of the competitive categories, but … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 3/20/2023

February 23: The Istituto Statale di Istruzione Superiore in Empoli, Italy hosted an ARISS radio contact for students with Koichi Wakata; he answered 15 questions. A large crowd of 360 attended the contact event, and the school livestreamed it for over 1,500 other students, parents, and the public who were watching. Media representatives came from TG3 … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 3/13/2023

February 23: ARISS was honored to receive a request from SCaN to set up and staff a display table about ARISS for the National Space Council’s Users’ Advisory Group meeting at the Marriott in Washington DC.  It was the group’s first public meeting of this administration. Frank Bauer and Kathy Lamont staged the ARISS table … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/27/2023

February 9–11: The annual Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC) at Space Center Houston (TX) had six ARISS team members engaging teachers and youth at the ARISS table and two forums.  They handed out ARISS flyers, and answered questions about ARISS radio contacts and ARISS education programs, letting teachers try out some of the programs’ teaching … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/20/2023

January 30: Norwich Free Academy (NFA) in Norwich, CT hosted an ARISS contact for students with Josh Cassada. He answered 18 questions with a listening crowd of 1,200. The contact was livestreamed to the public at https://youtu.be/pTkaCtam8m0.  NFA’s Facebook and Twitter platforms offered the video, as well. Media reporters represented Fox TV News, Norwich Bulletin, and … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/13/2023