Meet Amy and Kristel, two Skinner West 7th graders who are SSEP finalists, as they discuss their proposal, “The Effect of Microgravity on Plant Life.” Meet the Finalists, Part 1: Amy and Kristel
Archive | May, 2011
Launch: May 16, 2011
After a scrub on April 29, Endeavour launched into partly cloudy skies carrying our small vials of lysozyme/ citrate buffer and salt solution on Monday morning, May 16. Early in the day on the 17th the experiment was activated. This … Continue reading →
Endeavour Blasts off with the Aspirations of Thousands of Student Scientists Aboard
Space Shuttle Endeavour is now in orbit on her final mission. Aboard her are 16 experiments designed by (grade 5-13) student scientists from 16 communities across America. Yet these experiments reflect only some of the students that took part in the first flight opportunity for the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). Thousands of students—in dozens […]
MDA Hand Off
The MDA was supposed to be handed off at 5:00 am this morning. Our experiment should be sitting on the shuttle now waiting for liftoff. Launch party will be held starting at 8:30 am. Tried find Tang to serve at … Continue reading →
Samples Arrived
The samples arrived this morning at 9:35. ITA called. Some of the eggs in the sample vial had hatched in transport and they could see tails moving. They asked if they wanted us to load those or if we wanted … Continue reading →
Samples Ship
A new set of samples were shipped today. We are hoping that the shuttle will launch on Monday.
MDA Change
ITA called today. There was a possibility that they would need to put less water in Well A and wanted to know our views on the impact of this on our experiment. We decided to put our eggs in Well B … Continue reading →
Our Finalists
After several hours of judging and debate, our team of experts have chosen our three finalists to be sent for the next round of judging. Congratulations to Nadia C. from 4th Grade, Eric C. and Eren F. from 5th Grade, … Continue reading →
Our Judges Hard at Work
We were so honored to have a team of science experts from some of Chicago’s finest institutions come today to evaluate our proposals. Thank you to all who participated!
The Proposals are In!
Today we collected our students’ proposals, about 100 of them! Everyone worked very hard and we can’t wait to read them all. Tomorrow is the big day, when we have judges coming from all over Chicago to choose our top … Continue reading →