Student+Signatures+in+Space

= = =__STUDENT SIGNATURES IN SPACE__ = This amazing program is sponsored through a partnership of NASA and Lockheed Martin, their goal being to generate excitement and interest among our youth for our nation's Space Program. Warner School was fortunate to be a part of the 2007 SSIS program. It was an awesome experience! To see how it all works, please follow this link to the official SSIS site:[|Student Signatures in Space].

We, at Warner, are so thrilled to have been a part of this outstanding program! We received our SSIS poster in April of 2007. That year's 5th graders buddied up with their Scotland pen pals who had also been accepted into the program to design and make SSIS t-shirts to be worn on Space Day in May. Both groups of students also participated in the super online interactive sites available through the SSIS program, made posters to place around school to draw attention to Space Day 2007, collected the signatures of everyone at their respective schools, and came together for a video conference. As an exciting bonus, both classes were featured in articles in their area newspapers! What a fantastic experience! BUT, that was only the beginnng!!

In October of 2008, our signatures flew into space on the space shuttle Discovery's STS-120. Warner 5th graders followed the mission start to finish, beginning with the official countdown in early October. Through the wonder of modern technology, we were able to follow the mission day by day, from lift off to touch down! The courgageous and skilled men and women of this mission quickly became our heroes, and we will never forget them! It was a historic mission in many ways, and we were so honored to be a part of it. For more information about this amazing mission, please follow this link: [|NASA .]

Some of the activities the 5th graders participated in before, during, and after //their// mission were: researched and shared facts about the space program with other elementary classes, prepared an Astronaut Hall Of Fame of the Discovery STS-120 crew for Science Fair, created a Photo Story 3 video timeline of the mission which they shared with other classes in Warner, Michigan, and Scotland, participated in a video conference with a class in Michigan which had also been part of SSIS, maintained a hall computer station for other classes to share in the mission, and journaled their thoughts and mission highlights. It was truly such an awesome experience for all of us! Our signature poster, along with a certificate and an official photo of the crew, has been returned to us. Plans are now being explored as to how best to celebrate the return of our signatures from space! Please check back later to catch all the details!

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