NASA Chooses Student Teams to Drop Science Experiments
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CLEVELAND -- NASA has selected teams of middle school and high school
students to test their science experiments in microgravity
competitions that simulate the microgravity in space. High school
students will participate in "Dropping In a Microgravity
Environment," or DIME, and students in sixth through ninth grades in
"What If No Gravity?" or WING.
DIME and WING challenge students to design and build a microgravity
science experiment that is tested in a 2.2 second drop tower at
NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. While in free fall, the
students' experiments will experience microgravity conditions, as if
they were on the International Space Station.
Four high school student teams were selected in the nationwide DIME
competition. NASA will provide funding for up to four students and
one adult advisor from each team to come to Glenn in April 2010 to
conduct its experiment and review the results with Glenn engineers
and scientists. While at the center, they will tour Glenn facilities
and participate in workshops. Teams were selected from the following
high schools:
- Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Ill.
- Plattsburgh High School in Plattsburgh, N.Y.
- St. Ursula Academy in Toledo, Ohio
- Tualatin High School in Tualatin, Ore.
Additional high school student teams selected in the DIME competition
will ship their science experiments to NASA to be tested in the drop
tower. The experiments and the resulting data will be returned to the
teams so they can prepare reports about their findings. Additional
DIME teams were selected from the following high schools:
Columbus High School in Columbus, Ga.
Emerson Preparatory School in Washington
Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Ill.
Northbrook High School in Houston
Troy Athens High School in Troy, Mich. (4 teams)
Student teams in sixth through ninth grades were selected for the WING
competition. Each team will ship its experiment to Glenn for testing.
The experiments and the resulting data will be returned to the teams
so they can analyze the experiment results and submit a written
report back to NASA. One student team not affiliated with a school
was selected from within the community of Basking Ridge, N.J.
Additional teams were selected from the following schools:
Crestwood Middle School in Mountaintop, Pa. (2 teams)
Dunstan Middle School in Littleton, Colo.
Gate of Heaven School in Dallas, Pa. (2 teams)
Good Shepherd Academy from the Diocese of Scranton in Kingston, Pa.
Hanover Area School District in Hanover Township., Pa. (2 teams)
Hazleton Area School District in Drums, Pa. (2 teams)
Lake-Lehman School District in Lehman, Pa.
Northwood Elementary School in Mooresville, Ind.
Smith Middle School in Troy, Mich.
Tunkhannock Area Middle School in Tunkhannock, Pa.
Wyoming Area Secondary Center in Exeter, Pa.
Wyoming Valley West School District in Kingston, Pa. (2 teams)
These and other NASA educational programs help the agency attract and
retain students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,
disciplines critical to space exploration. The Teaching from Space
Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston funds the DIME and
WING competitions.
For information about NASA's DIME and WING student competitions,
visit:
http://spaceflightsystems.grc.
For more information about NASA's education programs, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/education
For information about NASA's Glenn Research Center, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/glenn
Source: NASA
