ARISS contact planned with technical
college in
Wednesday January 18. 2012 at
approximately
The non-profit association ‘Vrije
Technische Scholen BSO/TSO’ is an industrial technical school that has grown -
during its over 100 years existence - to a worthful asset in Sint-Niklaas and
the broader region as a training center for young technicians in the fields of
mechanics, electricity, carpentry, construction, refrigeration engineering,
automotive engineering, industrial sciences, etc. In line with present days
standards for industrial and
technical education and building on close collaboration with the
industrial sector and the institutions for higher education, VTS has developed
a programme with strong emphasis on “science and technology”. The school’s
population amounts to about 800 pupils, male and female, aged 12 to 18-20
years.
VTS offers three educational levels:
-Theoretical technical education : prepares for higher education and can, from
a theoretical perspective, be compared
to general secondary education.
- Practical technical schooling:
prepares for a career in industry at the level of Supervisor of the Manufacturing
Process.
- Professional schooling
: prepares for a career as qualified worker in the fields of carpentry,
welding, building and so on.
These three training areas all cover 6
years. At the end of the technical schooling, the students obtain a secondary
education’s degree. Professional schooling students can access to this degree
by successfuly accomplishing an additional 7th year.
The ARISS project is one more initiative
VTS is undertaking. Students and teachers regularly ‘spice’ the traditional
schooling with additional assignments. This results in
a more challenging educational process for all parties involved. To name just a
few achievements of the previous years :
- the
automotive division was awarded the
‘golden key’, the first prize in the contest
- srudents
participate in the maths-olympics
- Robocontest
- Electrochallenge.
In the social field, where the
well-being of the students is concerned, VTS won the first prize of the Queen
Paola Contest ‘School Of Hope’ 2009, with the project ‘from underprivileged to
privileged’.
In short, VTS BSO/TSO is a school where
nobody is afraid of a challenge, which can be inferred from their participation
in the fascinating ARISS-project.
The event will be broadcast in streaming
video on
http://justin.tv/on0snw
The space conversation will be conducted
in Dutch.
Students will ask as many of the
following questions as time allows.
1. Aron (14): Op welke manier slaap je
in de ruimte?
2. Alexander (13): Wat zijn de eisen om astronaut te worden?
3. Mathias (13): Hoe is het om de aarde van boven te zien?
4. Stef (15): Is er internet in het ISS?
5. Jarno (14): Hoelang duurt het om van de aarde naar het ISS te vliegen?
6. Dennis (15): Wat doen jullie tijdens
jullie vrije tijd in de ruimte?
7. Larbi (14): Wat gebeurt er met het
menselijk lichaam, zonder enige persoonlijke bescherming of cabine, tijdens
zijn verblijf in de vrije ruimte?
8. Cédric (12): Hoe wordt het ISS van
zuurstof voorzien?
9. Andy (15): Welke dagelijkse vaste
taken moet een astronaut zeker uitvoeren?
10. Maxim (13): Wat gebeurt er met een
astronaut als hij ernstig ziek wordt in het ISS?
11. Joran (17): Stel dat door een
onbekende reden de communicatie-verbinding met de aarde voor lange
tijd uitvalt, hoe vangt men dit probleem op?
12. Nicky (13): Kan je, in geval van
nood, opereren in het ISS?
13. Thomas (16): Hoe bepaalt men het
zwaarte-massapunt van het ISS?
14. Narek (13): Hoe haalt een raket het
ISS in?
15. Sham (13): Hoe worden jullie gewogen
in het ISS?
16. Karim (14): Heb je een gevoel van
snelheid in het ISS?
17. Glen (14): Wat gebeurt er met
verpakkingsafval in het ISS?
18. Jesse (14): Is de lancering pijnlijk
voor het menselijk lichaam?
19. Wim (14): Hoe koud is het in de
ruimte?
20. Alex (15): Kan je onweer op aarde
zien vanuit het ISS?
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