ARISS School Contact planned with school
in Germany
An ARISS School Contact is planned for
Buehl-Realschule Dornstadt, Germany
Wednesday February 2 at 07:33 UTC, which is 08:33 CEWT.
The Realschule Bühl is a secondary
school grade 5 to 10 with 420 students in 18 classes. Student – teacher ratio
is approximately 13 to 1.
Students finish school after 6 years
with GCSEs in English, mathematics and German. In grade 7 they can choose
between the following subjects: French, Home Economics, Design and Technology.
Most students take an apprenticeship or go to a school for further education
where they finish with the A-level.
Bühl-Realschule is located in the south
of Germany, in the federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, within the perimeter of
the city of Ulm. Host town Dornstadt has a growing population of about 9,500.
School facilities comprise 18 classrooms
and 3 science labs, a music room, an art center, 2 computer labs, a gym, a
swimming pool and a cafeteria. A school exchange with French partner city
Coutras takes place every year.
The planned ARISS contact will be
conducted in English. Interested parties can listen in on 145.800 MHz FM.
Downlink signals will be audible over Europe.
Students will ask as many of the
following questions as time allows:
1. Samuel: What qualifications and
skills do you need to become an astronaut?
2. Xenia: Do you miss your family and
can you talk to them?
3. Madeleine: What will you do if you
get ill?
4. Tobias: Do you sometimes argue with
your colleagues?
5. Daniel: Do you think there are other
living beings in our universe?
6. Lea: What was your best experience as
an astronaut?
7. Nico: How do you train for a flight?
8. Alicia: Do you think living in
universe is better than on Earth?
9. Simona: Is it exciting to see the
Earth from the ISS?
10. Maximilian: Isn’t it boring so far
away from the Earth?
11. Tobias: What do you have to do on
board the ISS all day long?
12. Daniel: Do you have a shower onboard
the ISS?
13. Simone: How long does it take to fly
from the Earth to the ISS?
14. Alicia: Could you see the fireworks
on New Year’s Eve?
15. Maximilian: How much does it cost to
fly from the Earth to the ISS?
16. Samuel: Have you ever worked outside
the ISS and what’s the temperature outside the ISS?
17. Lea: Have you ever experienced a
dangerous situation in space?
18. Xenia: Can you see different
planets?
19. Madeleine: How long do you have to
stay on board?
20. Nico: How high above the Earth are
you at the moment?
ARISS is an international educational
outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian
Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations
from participating countries.
ARISS offers an opportunity for students
to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with
crewmembers onboard the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and
communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can
energize youngsters' interest in science, technology and learning.
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Gaston Bertels – ON4WF
ARISS Chairman