The team of 14 students and two teachers from Johnson Street Global Studies who will test their mold growth experiment on the International Space Station this fall discussed the development of their experiment during a media briefing in June. Each of … Continue reading →
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Johnson Street Experiment Selected for Spaceflight
A team of 14 middle school students will test mold growth on the International Space Station Greensboro, N.C. – A team of student scientists from Johnson Street Global Studies is interested in finding out how long it would take food … Continue reading →
GCSTV 2 Catches Up with Student Scientists
GCSTV 2 caught up with students from the four middle schools participating in SSEP during their trip to the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering and as they discussed their experiment proposals in class. Check out this video to see … Continue reading →
Photos from Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Students from three of the four schools participating in this year’s SSEP experiment design competition visited the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering to get some tips on preparing science experiments for small spaces, like a test tube in a … Continue reading →
Students Plan Experiments for International Space Station
Community support makes it possible for students to send an experiment into outer space Greensboro, N.C. – Thanks to $20,000 in grants and funding from local foundations and community supporters, Guilford County Schools (GCS) students will have the chance to … Continue reading →
Welcome to Our Blog
Welcome to the Guilford County Schools blog for the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). Soon, we will share regular updates as our students develop their experiment ideas, write proposals for the competition, create emblems to fly with the experiments and … Continue reading →
Phase I Selection Complete
With a total of 48 topics proposed, we have narrowed our community’s submissions down to a final three: Avicenna’s: Curli-Producing E. coli and Highland Christian School’s: Genetically Modified Soy Bean Sprout and Whole Blood Congratulations to the winners! I’m so … Continue reading →
Mission Patch Design
We’re encouraging the Northwest Indiana community to become involved in our community’s participation in SSEP. With that in mind, we are extending an invitation to participate in the Mission Patch Design Competition to all NWI members. Cl…
Metamorphosis of AASCC
We’re already two and a half months into the 2011-2012 school year! Students that participated in STS-135 were able to take a look at their samples this summer. Unfortunately none of their organisms maintained integrity, making it impossible for them … Continue reading →
Making it Official!
We received our certificate of flight authentication with our sample a few weeks ago. I am looking forward to the return of our students so we may discuss our results in more depth and talk about our potential participation in … Continue reading →