41. WebQuest astronauts/Inventors Individuals who participated in the Space program or http//www.50states.com/bio/ohio.htm. Access to research books specific to Ohio. http://www.perry-lake.k12.oh.us/pes/speech/J.O'Neil/WQ3.htm

Famous Ohioans A WebQuest for 4th Grade Designed by Julie O’Neil, Speech-Language Pathologist Perry Public Schools mailto:oneilj@perry-lake.k12.oh.us Introduction Learners Standards ... Process Final Product Summary Note to Teachers Resources Evaluation Conclusion Credits Introduction The first annual “Greatest Ohioans” awards ceremony is being planned and you and your classmates have been appointed to the committee in charge of the event. Individuals will be chosen from 4 categories including entertainment, sports, politics/business, and astronauts/inventors to be inducted into the Ohio Hall of Fame. Only one person is chosen per category for this initial award ceremony. It is your job to determine who will be inducted and why. As recognition for being on the committee, you will have the honor of introducing the individuals and giving a presentation on their accomplishments at the ceremony. (Top of Page) Learners The lesson is an extension of a 4 th Grade unit that includes skills from the Social Studies, Language Arts and Reading curriculum. The students are individuals identified with individual speech and language goals and are served in a small group setting outside of the classroom.

42. Adventures In Science And Technology - Roberta Bondar, Astronaut In 1993, she became the first Canadian woman to go into space. Site secribes her science background.Category Regional North America History Science...... of Western Ontario, and specific training in neuroophthalmology in Boston andin Toronto. She was one of the six original Canadian astronauts selected in http://collections.ic.gc.ca/science/english/bio/bondar.html

Roberta Bondar made Canada very proud when, in January of 1992, she became the first Canadian woman to go into space. But for Roberta Bondar, the dream of going to space began when she was only a child in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario looking up at the sky. She always found space fascinating, and she believes this fascination led her towards a career as an astronaut. The formal education that eventually took her into space began in high school with her science and mathematics courses. After high school, Roberta Bondar went to the University of Guelph for a degree in zoology and biology. She graduated from the University of Guelph in 1968 and chose to continue her education at the University of Western Ontario for a Master's Degree. Next, she took her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. After these six years of studying, Roberta Bondar went to medical school at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. There she became a doctor and her specialty was neurology, the study of the brain. As well as all of her training in science, Roberta Bondar is also a pilot. In fact, she could pilot an airplane before she could even drive a car. Roberta Bondar had a specific interest in neurology, which was neuro-ophthalmology. This is the study of how the eye works, and how the eyes work with the brain to produce vision. After her internship at Toronto General Hospital, she took more training in neurology at the University of Western Ontario, and specific training in neuro-ophthalmology in Boston and in Toronto.

43. Remote Sensing Data And Information the Space Shuttle photographs taken by NASA astronauts aboard the specific Instruments. launchedin August 1997, measures global ocean bio-optical properties. http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/RemoteSensing.html

Remote Sensing Data and Information Table of Contents General Information and Resource Lists Weather and Climate Earth Images from Space Space and Astronomy ... Miscellaneous General Information and Resource Lists WWW Virtual Library: Remote Sensing Remote Sensing Tutorial developed by the Virtually Hawaii RSD project. Remote Sensing Tutorial developed by the Applied Information Sciences Branch at NASA GSFC. Remote Sensing Core Curriculum - "resources to support a state-of-the-practice educational experience" (university level) NASA's Mission to Planet Earth studies how our global environment is changing. Using the unique perspective available from space, NASA is observing, monitoring and assessing large-scale environmental processes, with an emphasis on climate change. The Remote Sensing Public Access Center (RSPAC) will demonstrate, test and transfer technology to help provide public use of Earth and space science data over the Internet. Weather and Climate The GOES Project - real-time images from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites SSEC Realtime Data - current satellite data compiled by the University of Wisconsin NRL Monterey Satellite Products - real-time images from GOES, Meteosat and GMS

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46. Purdue To Create Life-Supporting Ecosystem In Space a single system called BREATHe, for bioregenerative exhaust needed by predictinghow specific designs will long-duration space flights, astronauts often don't http://www.spacedaily.com/news/food-02a.html

STATION NEWS Purdue To Create Life-Supporting Ecosystem In Space Kathy Banks, a professor of civil engineering at Purdue University, views a "bio-trickle system" that is part of her work with NASA to develop advanced life support technologies for self-sustaining space colonies. Banks is designing a single system to treat both air and water, which has never been done before. Her system is called BREATHe, for bio-regenerative exhaust air treatment for health. The system will purify both water and air by using microbes. (Purdue News Service Photo by David Umberger) by Emil Venere West Lafayette - Mar 12, 2002 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced today (Tuesday, 3/12) that Purdue University will head a center to develop "advanced life support" technologies for sustaining human colonies on Mars and elsewhere in space. The center's director, Cary Mitchell, said Purdue will help design a self-sustaining environment for future space colonies. Residents will grow their own crops and live inside fully enclosed habitats in which all wastes are constantly being recycled and purified. Plants will provide foods and oxygen for humans, microbes will be used to break down wastes, and other technologies will be needed to remove impurities from the air and water. "There will be a closed-loop synergy, meaning the wastes of one system are taken in, used and processed by another system," said Mitchell, a professor of horticulture at Purdue.

47. Wildtoy's Major Matt Mason Toy Story Page I guess it is time for more bio about myself On this specific occasion, all were forcedto sit in the enter the kitchen and announce The astronauts are going http://www.wildtoys.com/ToyStory/tfarrell.asp

Home Major Matt Mason Shogun Warriors Zeroids ... Lancelot Links A Story about Major Matt Mason by Thomas Farrell I am starting to feel out of the loop, not having received the threads concerning mmm toys we would like to see or "what if matt were real". Anyway, I guess it is time for more bio about myself and mmm memories. My emailings have been generally to other list participants rather than to the entire list, and as I don't want to be an unknown quantity, here goes: I am 38, consecutive or otherwise, unknown, born on Sputnik Day. Currently, I work in retail sales and study computer networking at a community college. I enjoy sci-fi, fitness, drawing, computers, current events and history, science, the arts, cars, clothes, languages, a whole bunch of music, healthy living, and a bunch of other stuff. My first memory of mmm is from my 6th birthday, when my parents bought me the space station and space crawler kit. I remember when it was being set up. I was too small to do it myself, so my Mom basically did the whole thing. She even got the flying back pack with the cord working properly. I remember sitting in the darkened living room with them watching the purple light of the station beacon blink on and off. My three recurrent play scenarios were suspended animation, time travel, and weird outer space diseases.

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49. Reference Tools Hall of Fame Select an astronaut to find their bio. Space Pioneers - Read up onthe astronauts of Apollo Industry Central - Industry-specific news resources http://www.bay.k12.fl.us/schools/jms/DigitalMedia/resources/Reference Tools.htm

Reference Tools Acronyms Acronym Finder - Look up more than 100,000. Acronym Lookup - Easily expand thousands. Babel - Glossary of computer abbreviations/acronyms. Postal Acronyms - States, street suffixes, zip+4 and more. Star Bits - Entries include int'l acronyms. Almanacs 50States.com - Overflowing with stately knowledge. Afro-American Almanac - Covers the history of African-Americans. Almanac.com - Home of the Old Farmer's Almanac. Baseball Almanac - Filled with baseball facts. CIA World Factbook Offers detailed country information. Computer Almanac - Filled with facts and numbers. Guinness World - World record highlights/news. Infoplease Almanacs - Explore a variety of topical almanacs. Kiosk: Journal of Geo-Politics - Links to assorted information on countries of the world. Political Almanac - Search this online reference for free. Video Almanac - CNN video highlights since 1980. Associations Association Central - Unifies information from associations. Gateway to Associations - Search the association of associations Internet Public Library Associations - Directory broken down into major categories.

50. Harriet Tubman Bio This optical system can be used in robotic manufacturing, or to guide a robot toor around specific objects The astronauts were studying the Earth's ozone layer http://pacific.fws.gov/dcr/Special Emphasis/Womens History/ochoa.htm

Region 1 (Pacific Region) Division of Diversity and Civil Rights Office Staff Program Responsibility Complaints Management Affirmative Employment ... What's New Biographies of Great Women in History Women's History Main Page Ellen Ochoa "The story of America is one of journey and discovery - of many groups and individuals who shared common dreams and challenges, even as their differences shaped our culture. The Hispanic community, itself of wonderfully varied backgrounds, continues to contribute to every aspect of our society - and understanding America means knowing and celebrating these stories." Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space, serves as a role model to all students to try their best in all they do. In her role as a NASA Astronaut, she makes time to visit schools to encourage all students to study hard and not be afraid of success. Ellen is one of five children. While in junior high school, her parents divorced and she moved with her mother. Her extraordinary achievements demonstrates the credibility of her advice about success. In 1980 she graduated top of her class from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics. San Diego is not far from her hometown of La Mesa, California nor far from the city of her birth in 1958, Los Angeles. Ochoa attended Stanford University and earned a Master's in 1981, and a Doctorate in 1985, both in electrical engineering. Her doctoral work in electrical engineering led to a patented optical system to detect defects in a repeating pattern. This system can be used in manufacturing to inspect intricate parts for quality control.

51. NSTA - Convention Browse VT) This presentation will address specific techniques to On Museum in the SchoolWorkshop, bio Presenter(s Learn how astronauts play soccer and hockey, yo yo http://www.nsta.org/conventionbrowse2/&Meeting_Code=2003PHI&start_date=2003-03-2

NSTA Conventions NSTA National Convention, Philadelphia, PA Matching all events where the day is Friday 597 events found, displaying 301 - 360 All Date Time Event Title Subject Level Type Creative Hands-On Approaches to K–8 Science Gen Workshop Disseminating and Sustaining the "Action" in Teacher Action Research Gen Presentation Earth/Space Science Share-the-Wealth Earth Presentation Encouraging Group Harmony in Introductory Biology Labs Through Peer Evaluation Bio Presentation Engage Students in States of Matter, Earth's Structure, and Food Webs Through NASA's Astro-Venture Gen Presentation Evaluating and Selecting High School Technology-based Curricula Gen Presentation Extending Learning Beyond the Science Classroom Gen Presentation FDA/NSTA Food Science Curriculum Share-a-Thon Gen Workshop Gender Preferences for Science in Colleges of Education Gen Presentation Getting Started on the Right Foot Gen Workshop Going Buggy in Elementary Science Bio Workshop Hands-On and Online Weather Activities for the Elementary Grades Earth Workshop Highly Contagious Science Gen Presentation Historic City of Brotherly Love (F-11) Field Trip How Building a Presence for Science Key Leaders and Points of Contact Create Professional Learning Communities Gen Presentation How Much Can This Ship Carry?

52. Science Bio Chem Physic Etc of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions tutorials, quizzes,and drills on specific topics, FAQ Jane's Chembio Web The online Web http://www.yrbe.edu.on.ca/~hhss/library/2k2library/science.htm

LIBRARY LINKS Main Library Page Search Business ... BACK TO THE LIBRARY Science Astronomy Atomic Structure Biology Biomes ... Sustainable Resouces Astronomy Views of the Solar System by Calvin J. Hamilton Views of the Solar System presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics and videos. The Nine planets, by Bill Arnett The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information. Constellations and their Stars There is an introduction to constellations here as well as an FAQ. You can also find lists of constellations and stars along with descriptive information. The interactive star charts require a Java applet to view. Comet Home Page It is the goal of this home page to provide information on comets that isn't generally available elsewhere on the web. There are hundreds of images in the complete archive.

53. FLORIDA TODAY Space News: Archives Barbara Morgan bio. NASA sends astronauts, not tourists, into space Sending BarbaraMorgan to name former teacher Barbara Morgan to a specific shuttle flight on http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/2002archives.htm

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54. NASA - Space Research - NASA Press Releases For The Office Of Biological And Phy the most beneficial rehabilitation programs for returning astronauts. and Chemistryprogram with a specific focus on of advanced structural and biomaterials. http://spaceresearch.nasa.gov/general_info/OBPR-02-021.html

writeCSS('/common/css/iestyles_general_info.css'); What is the OBPR? Strategic Vision Eureka! OBPR News Press Releases ... FAQ's NASA Press Releases for the Office of Biological and Physical Research More Office of Biological and Physical Research Press Releases OFFICE OF BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL RESEARCH 2003 BUDGET REQUEST February 4, 2002 Renee Juhans Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-1712) RELEASE: 02-21 Printable version - PDF The total Fiscal Year 2003 budget request for the Office of Biological and Physical Research is $842.2M; this is comprised of $321.8M for Biological and Physical Research Technology, $347.2M for ISS Research Capabilities (ISSRC), and $173.3M for Institutional Support. NASA's Office of Biological and Physical Research (OBPR) was created at the beginning of FY 2001 to affirm NASA's commitment to the essential role biology will play in the 21st century and establish the core of biological and physical sciences research needed to support Agency strategic objectives. OBPR was created under the premise that revolutionary solutions to science and technology problems are likely to emerge from scientists, clinicians, and engineers who are working at the frontiers of their respective disciplines and are also engaged in dynamic interdisciplinary interactions. This budget request validates NASA's renewed research emphasis, with the increase in the Enterprise's budget from FY 2001 levels of $360.9M to $842.2M. OBPR asks questions that are basic to the future of humanity:

55. 4 PROJECT EVALUATION / Evaluation Report Of Subcommittee For Space Utilization by the domestic contractors expecting to develop specific equipment. for followingresearch field of biotechnology, which is one space medicines for astronauts. http://www.nasda.go.jp/press/1998/11/hyouka_981125_e_09_e.html

Jump to Document Body. Users' Guide Advanced Search NASDA Home ... Press Release 4 PROJECT EVALUATION / Evaluation Report of Subcommittee For Space Utilization Contents are follows: 4 PROJECT EVALUATION 4.7 Space Experiment (1) Definition of Requirements Status Promotion of the Space Environment Utilization (SEU) by ensuring continuous space experiment opportunities. Development of space experiment equipment and accumulation Space Experiment Development Technologies (SEDT). Accumulation of operation and utilization technologies and experiences toward JEM. Accumulation of health care technologies and related data accumulation of manned space flight experience in case astronaut flight opportunities. Promotion of International Cooperation and International Contribution Subcommittee Comments NASDA should explore the possibility to promote international space experiment opportunities based on original Japanese plans. (2) Evaluation Criteria Status NASDA promotes space experiment Project under the evaluation criteria. Adequacy (frequency, scale) of space experiment opportunity reflect researchers needs properly.

56. White House Press Briefing Transcript McCLELLAN No, nothing more specific. pod would not have saved the lives of the astronauts,given the I just wanted to know if the bio the event tomorrow at http://www.usembassy-israel.org.il/publish/press/2003/february/020401.html

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57. ASMR Medical Research Week ? in the gallery will be available (specific sheets for minutes running every half hourVital Space astronauts in an bioRad, Eli Lilly Australia Pty Ltd, Roche http://www.asmr.org.au/mrw/P2002.html

ASMR Medical Research Week The ASMR Medallist Lecturer 2002 Professor Leon Rosenberg Program of Events Tuesday May 28th Victoria Tertiary Students Information Night, Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, University of Melbourne From 6:30pm. Light refreshments provided. FREE ADMISSION Medical Research scientists give feedback for prospective and current Tertiary students considering further study and a career in Medical Research. Email to ASN Pty Ltd., Mike Pickford or telephone 03 5983 2400. Website: www.asnevents.net.au/medical.htm Principal Sponsor: Dept of Human Services, Vic Thursday May 30th South Australia Annual Scientific Meeting , The Adelaide Oval Function Centre Plenary Speaker Professor Marciej Henneberg (Adelaide University) Email Dr Steven Polyak or Dr Catherine Abbot t Friday May 31st Queensland ASMR Medical Research Week Dinner, Grand Ballroom, Brisbane Marriot Hotel Features the ASMR Medallist, Professor Leon Rosenberg Hon Mr Paul Lucas, Minister for Innovatio and Information Economy will be presenting the inaugural Queensland Premier's Award for Medical Research. Email to ASN Pty Ltd.

58. The Microgravity Facilities For Columbus Programme national entities to meet other specific scientific requirements. of the parametersthat the biofluid degrades Facility operation The astronauts will serve as http://esapub.esrin.esa.it/microgra/micrv10n2/behv10n2.htm

The Microgravity Facilities for Columbus Programme* Microgravity Facilities for Columbus Division, ESA Directorate of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands * This article was previously published in full length in ESA Buuletin 90, May 1997. Introduction The European participation in the International Space Station Programme was confirmed at the ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level in Toulouse in October 1995. In the framework of this participation, the Ministers approved several elements, including the development of the Columbus Orbital Facility (COF) and the programme to develop the facilities required for conducting microgravity experiments in the COF. The latter development effort is known as the Microgravity Facilities for Columbus (MFC) Programme. Microgravity research covers a wide range of activities such as fundamental physics, solidification physics (e.g. crystal growth, metallurgy), physical chemistry, fluid science, biology, biotechnology, human physiology and medicine. Until 1996 the microgravity effort was funded only via the European Microgravity Research Programmes EMIR-1 and -2. In January 1997 the MFC programme has been initiated, complementing EMIR-2; it covers the development of a set of multi-user microgravity facilities to be accommodated in the International Space Station , i.e. in the Columbus Orbital Facility [COF] and via Cooperative Agreements with NASA in the US Laboratory. The objective of the MFC Programme is to have, following the launch of the COF, the four disciplines (i.e. material and fluid sciences, biology and human physiology) constantly present on the International Space Station to maximise the return to the European scientists (Fig. 1).

59. John C. Wohlstetter On Columbia On National Review Online missions of sufficient urgency to justify exposing astronauts to a Costs will varyaccording to specific proposals, but a 900 am Owens The Chem/bio Threat 3 http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-wohlstetter021203.asp

NRO NR Send to a Friend Print Version February 12, 2003, 10:45 a.m. Friendship 7 Columbia , and Tomorrow Rethinking NASA. By John C. Wohlstetter he Columbia Friendship 7 About 40 of my fellow high-school students and I crowded into a small dormitory room to watch Friendship 7 's morning lift-off. Callow we were, but we grasped the enormous risk John Glenn was taking, sitting atop a huge Roman candle. Yet we were comforted, knowing that the machinery on the Cape Canaveral launch pad was the very best America could give its intrepid space explorers. As was the Apollo Saturn monster rocket that later sent men to the moon. Would that were the case with Columbia . The doomed ship was a 1970s concoction. A budget-constrained space agency grabbed off-the-shelf technology in an effort to rapidly build an economical, reusable space vehicle to dock with a space station that ultimately was not funded. With its primary mission mooted, and lacking real-world economics and commercial demand, NASA discovered mission creep. Manned flights were chosen to run many experiments that could be conducted more cheaply and safely by unmanned craft. Extreme risk is, of course, endemic to all experimental flight. The aviators who shattered Mach-number barriers ran great risks, but there was no other way to test super-fast powered flight. From the supersonic to the hypersonic, pilots with "the right stuff" gambled, betting on the best technology available.

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A History of Art in Space Above is a newspaper clipping I found in a sketchbook of mine from the 1980's when I lived in Brasilia which just goes to show that my obsession with art in space is an early one. Translating from the Portuguese it reads: Songs from Space. Cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko transformed boredom of long orbital voyages into melodies by composing 20 songs - the first to be written in space - about exhaustion from the flights, the absence of family and friends. Rehearsing for ISADORA Michael Jackson's 1995 video "Scream" by director Mark Romanek co-starring Janet Jackson was a video that opened music's doors to zero-gravity on MTV. This video, which is to date the most expensive music video ever produced ($US 7 million) portrays an isolated Michael Jackson in a space ship that is both home and performance space. This home which he inhabits contains a game room, a cultural space for viewing works of art and a meditation space for spiritual practices. The performance space is a hexagonal module in which Michael can dance on the walls and ceiling in a varying gravity environment. At the click of a button he can have zero-G. This portrayal of a gravity-defying module has become a common gimmick in the music video industry since "Scream" premiered in 1995. The gimmick is so pervasive nowadays having appeared in scores of videos. Everyone from Foo Fighters, Madonna, Sheryl Crow, TLC, Jamiroquai, Skunk Anasie have defied gravity in some form or another in their videos. It almost reflects what seems to be a dissatisfaction with what earth-bound production studios have to offer. The music industry may not realize it but they are probably rehearsing for ISADORA more than any other industry or art discipline.

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