September - November, 2010

In September of 2010, I, along with Deena Parks and John Bayerl, were selected to represent the Dearborn Center for Math, Science, and Technology in the Wayne RESA ICCARS project that is sponsored and funded by NASA.  We began by attending a few Monday afternoon meetings at RESA to learn about the ICCARS project (http://geodata.acad.emich.edu/iccars/index.html) and GLOBE (http://globe.gov/scrc).  We also attended two Saturdays at the Knabusch Center, Monroe, where we learned how to fly the large kites, as well as how to attach the different instruments to the kites.  You can see pictures of this as well as pictures of all the different schools represented in this project at the following link: http://picasaweb.google.com/100751655234682764166

We also received a lot of equipment (kites, Kestrels, iPads, digital cameras, etc.) for our school to use.  I have personally learned how to use the iPad to display my guided notes for my math classes onto my white board.  It's a lot easier than using a laptop because it's much easier to attach and detach, and I don't have to worry about leaving my laptop out every day.

I am also lucky to have a senior student (Katie) that we have chosen to do a directed study in where she is helping us with all of the ICCARS stuff.  During the months of September - November, I had Katie keep up with all of the literature and websites that we were told about during our meetings, and I also had her measure out and spool the string for our kites.  She has also been following ICCARS on Twitter and Facebook.

John, Deena, and I decided to use Google Docs to list our ideas of what we would want to do with our ICCARS equipment and training, which can be accessed using the link below.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z_zKpkjZ9Wbhzg1_E1FANASB6RF7Fn9FQHMagb26D_A/edit?hl=en&authkey=CIrkptwH