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2000 Conference |
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WVSTA
2000 Conference |
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Davis
Creek Elementary's Mars Red Rover travelled to Morgantown on November 30
through December 2 to present three programs to teachers, NASA representatives,
Marshall and West Virginia University professors, and West Virginia's excellent
science teachers. In these presentations Linda Hamilton spoke of
the history of our DC Mars Red Rover Project that has been sponsored these
past three years by a NASA K12 Outreach Grant from the NASA Space Consortium
of West Virginia. Also supporting an accompanying program is the
Nick J. Rahall, II, Appalachian Transportation Institute at Marshall University.
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This beautiful raptor is trained and allowed herself to be touched by visitors |
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Our second DC Mars Red Rover presentation was held in Hospitality 307-8. The divided room made it perfect for our powerpoint presentation while our two students showed others the programmed robots. |
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This robot was programmed to move forward an exact distance to its load. |
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When the robot reaches its load it opens its pincers, grabs its load, and moves backward to a pre-programmed spot. |
A close-up view of the robot (with student partly attached) |
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The
annual WVSTA Conference
was held at Lake View Resort in Morgantown, West Virginia. The special
speakers were the Jaxx, advisers of biochemical weapons and authors of
The
Hot Zone. The vendors in the
sports center offered wonderful resources for science teachers and were
extremely generous with their information. All the officers and workers
of the WVSTA provided a memorable conference and were always ready to help
when needed. Everyone agreed that the last meeting was just as stimulating
as the first. Many members also agreed that they left with reluctance
and look forward to next year's WVSTA Conference, which will be held in
September 2001. Thanks from theDC
Red Rover Crew for a memorable
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