After some turbulent air travel today, I finally arrived in hot, humid Huntsville, AL around 3:50 PM. Today's day was not full of anything too strenuous or exciting. We did have time to get some free NASA space camp goodies - along with our FLIGHT SUITS! Yes, I am saying that I get to wear a flight suit and keep it forever. :-) We even get name tags - mine says "Specialist Weber." 200 teachers from around the world were selected to be Honeywell Educators and attend Space Camp for Educators for FREE! If you want to see where everyone is from - check out this map. Note: You may want to increase the size to see places in more detail. But funny enough, my suite mate teaches in Freeport, IL. Today I met people who teach in Colorado, Illinois, Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, England, Mexico, China, India, and countless other places! It's also been funny because tonight Huntsville has been having some fairly good sized thunderstorms and some were just fascinated by the rain - just looks like rain in Iowa to me! (Best thing about the suite - Air Conditioning; Worst Thing - No Shower Curtain!)
Another freebie is a children's book - how perfect as I am teaching children's literature immediately upon my return to Dubuque. "Max Goes to the Moon: A Science Adventure with Max the Dog" is a wonderful story filled with factual information about the moon, Apollo missions, etc. Also, great pictures. It also was published by Big Kid Science which I will be checking out more!
Tomorrow we leave for the US Space and Rocket Center for our first day of training, bright and early at 7 AM. As I flew into Huntsville today I noticed a tall structure that looked a lot like a rocket. We drove past the center today and I realized that yes, I had seen this from the air. I am very eager to explore and learn more, even if it means that I have to be up earlier than I have been all summer.
A boxed lunch dinner, some socializing with other middle school teachers (equally nerdy as myself), and time to watch the movie, "In the Shadow of the Moon." This documentary shared the stories of the men who were involved in the Apollo program and have seen the moon as no other living person on Earth has seen it. Although it probably wouldn't be one that middle schoolers would enjoy (at least not the whole thing at once), I thought it was amazing to watch and hear the stories of these astronauts. Catch the movie trailer below - and it's available for purchase.
Tomorrow is a big day - 7:00-8:30 PM ish. But we do have an astronaut speaker! Stay tuned.
You look soooo cute in your very own flight suit! How cool! Are you sure it doesn't convert into a shower curtain? Or maybe your supposed to wear it in the shower :)
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