NC Students Experience an Out-of-This World Science Lesson
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station shares with students across the state what it’s like to live and work in space. The student teacher at Centennial Campus Center for Innovation in Raleigh, North Carolina, was not in the classroom when he was traveling at 17,800 mph 240 miles above the Earth in orbit as a commander on the International Space Service (IS) mission. The class was led by Dominick Dominick, a U.S. Navy test pilot who joined the astronaut corps in 2017. The faculty submitted plans for the lesson from space almost a year ago and schools across North Carolina were able to watch the class from space. Students prepared 20 questions to ask Dominick about his experiences and his responses.
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The school day at in Raleigh started a little differently on May 1.
Roughly 500 students were in their seats, but their guest teacher was not in the building. He wasn’t even on the planet.
Instead, was traveling at 17,800 mph 240 miles above the Earth in orbit as a commander on the . had arranged the lesson. Each year, the group conducts roughly 100 of these special amateur radio contacts between students around the world and crew members aboard the ISS who have ham radio licenses.
“When I was your age, I fell in love with space, the stars, the planets, how big it was and how much there is still to learn,” Dominick told students. “Do what you love, follow what makes you happy and brings you joy, and that’s what you were meant to be.”
Centennial Campus Center for Innovation is a Wake County Public School for grades 6 through 8. The teachers said their students made an instant connection, listening carefully and even waving hello and goodbye.
“They hear about the ISS but it’s not really real to them since it’s not a part of their daily lives,” said MaryLu Ringwood, instructional design coach and technology facilitator with Wake County Public Schools. “But this made it real, and then they could see where innovation and technology and global thinking can take us. And Dominick really connected with them and brought it all home.”
The faculty submitted plans for the lesson from space almost one year ago. Schools across North Carolina were able to watch the class.
Students prepared 20 questions to ask Dominick, a U.S. Navy test pilot who joined the astronaut corps in 2017. They were able to ask all of them. Here’s a small sample of their questions and his responses: