NASA GRC Day 4

NASA events were over on day 3, so today was a day of fun. We started the day by checking out of the dorms at CSU. We headed to breakfast at Burger King. We took the girls to the zoo and shopping at the gift shop. Then Mrs. Ramirez was able to arrange a special behind the scenes tour of NASA Glenn Research Center through Mr. Robert LaSalvia, NASA Explorer Schools Project Manager. Mr. LaSalvia provided a tour of the Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory, which is used to test concepts for robotic Lunar Rovers on a simulated moon surface. The girls even got to shop at the NASA gift shop. We arrived at the airport with plenty of time to head back home. A group picture was taken at the Dallas Airport and the girl's families greeted us at the McAllen Airport.

The girls will produce a power point presentation to present at the RGCSA mini-Cast in October 2011

** Mrs. Ramirez asked Mr. Melvin, since he is the director of SoI-a grant that RGVSA just won, for a group picture **

NASA GRC Day 3

Day 3 all events will take place at Cleveland State University. Breakfast will be served at 7:30 and opening remarks began at 9 am. Mr. Leland Melvin, Associate Administrator for Education, also an astronaut will greet the students at 9:30 am, than the girls will attend an astronaut briefing with Mr. Melvin and Mr. Foreman, pictures will be taken and autographs will be given. After lunch the girls will listen to a panel of trailblazers and will be able to ask questions. At 2 pm the girls will participate in some hands on activities and see a robotics demonstration. 4 pm we will have closing remarks, complete a survey and dinner at 5:30. Our bus driver Bob has invited the girls to an evening of swimming and video games at one of the local hotels. We will return to the hotel at 11 pm.
-We ended the day with fun activities. Mr. Bob our bus driver invited us to his hotel for an evening of swimming and pizza.
During the whole trip the girls have been journaling about their adventures every night before they go to bed :-)

NASA GRC Day 2

Started off the day with heading to breakfast, then headed to Walmart, took a quick picture at Lake Erie, and went on a boat ride. The girls then went to the Great Lakes Science Center and listened to opening remarks and started reading "We Beat The Street" ,a book given to them, before starting the day's activities.
The girls saw the NASA - Legends and Trailblazers presentation, visited the NASA Glenn Visitor Center and attended a book review

Going to NASA Glenn Research Center

Girls took a flight over to GRC in Cleveland, Ohio. Everyone arrived safely. :-) They had a very early start, 4:30 am, and arrived at 1:30 pm. Took a limo bus ride to Cleveland State University to their dorms. Had some lunch and heading to watch Cars 2. After movies, the girls went site seeing. They visited the downtown airport, stopped for some ice cream and enjoyed a walk down the Lake Erie beach. The day ended with dinner at Rascall House.