Monthly Archives: November 2010

Eddie’s Aquarium World was able to give lots of advice as well as all the materials needed to attempt the idea of breeding minnows, except minnows.  The discouraging part was that they only had two minnows left in the tank … Continue reading →

When the 5th grade team from MTS was designing their experiment, they thought briefly about where they might get minnow eggs.  Since many of the biological supply companies sell Minnows, we thought they would be able to help us out.  Calls to the … Continue reading →

The team of 5th grade students from Milton Terrace South were thrilled to learn that their proposal had been selected as the proposal to fly on the shuttle from our community.  Dana and Kate both asked if they could scream … Continue reading →

The final proposal selected by the national SSEP panel was from a team of three 5th graders from Milton Terrace South Elementary School who designed an experiment proposal entitled “Development of Tilapia Fish Eggs in Space”. The team includes Dana Betti, … Continue reading →

The art students and the technology students at the high school have started working on an emblem to represent our community and our participation in the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program.  NanoRacks, LLC, will try to fly on STS-134 a paper … Continue reading →

The local review team which included consulting engineers as well as representatives from GLOBALFOUNDRIES and the Children’s Museum of Science and Technology has selected the three finalists from the proposals.  The finalists include Milton Terrace South Elementary School 5th grade students Dana Betti, … Continue reading →

 All of the proposals have gone through an initial screening process that looked at completeness, appropriateness of materials, and which was the best proposal on similar topics.  The top 26 proposals identified included a variety of grade level proposals as well as … Continue reading →

There was a flurry of last minute changes going on to a number of proposals today.  All of the proposals had to be submitted by noon today to be considered for submittal to the Local Review Team.  We received seventy … Continue reading →

A number of students have started submitting draft proposals using our district lab report template.  They requested that their proposals go through an initial review to see if they should complete the information on the national form.  There is a … Continue reading →