Contact with the International Space Station & NASA Astronaut Don Pettit!

Pablo: Astronaut Pettit didn't always answer our questions correctly, but that was probably because he didn't have the paper (script) in front of him and he couldn't always hear us correctly. But he still did a great job!

Natalie: It was very special that we could speak with an astronaut on the International Space Station because not many people get to do that. Your school might even have to wait at least a year for its turn!

Julie: We were very lucky to get to speak to an astronaut in space. Thank you ARISS!

Emilio: I was the last one, so I was lucky that I at least got to ask my question! We lost the ISS signal after my turn, but Mr. Wayne (the moderator in Canada) answered my question for me :-).

Catalina: I got to ask the first question!

Lauren: At first we had to cross our fingers because we got disconnected, but then the team fixed it really fast and it all worked out!

Eduardo & Allen: Eventhough I didn't get to ask a question, I still enjoyed it all!

Bernarda: This was a GREAT opportunity!

Class Video Chats with NASA Astronaut Nicholas Patrick!

Astronaut Nicholas Patrick taught us lots about ham radios, and he also answered our questions about living on the International Space Station:

Natalie: We asked lots of different questions, and Dr. Patrick explained his answers well. We all learned something!

Pablo: I learned how astronauts sleep in space.

Lauren: It was cool to learn about how astronauts eat and go to the bathroom on the ISS!

Catalina: We learned that it's OK to play with your food in space!

Eduardo: I learned that astronauts take a "shower" with cloths.

Bernarda: It was exciting, and I got to ask TWO questions.

Julie: I learned that when astronauts sit on the toilet, it works like a gentle vacuum.

Thank you Dr. Patrick and Laurent Thomin, at the AWTY International School, for arranging this fabulous exchange!

Using the Smart Board to Show That We Are Thinkers (Written by Everyone)

It was really fun, but hard, making this video for our PYP assembly because we had to do it over a few times in the beginning. Some mistakes that we made on our first try were: looking at the teacher, being a little too silly, accidentally knocking down things during the taping, taking too long, and not having enough light. There are other things in school that we have to do more than once to make them better, like reading slower a second time, proofreading our written work, and re-designing projects that we engineer. It was very fun to make this video and now the other kids in our school know more about using Smart Boards!