Microgravity Program at Carthage

Outreach Activities

As part of NASA's Systems Engineering Educational Discovery program, students go into area schools to talk about the experiments they conducted aboard NASA's Weightless Wonder microgravity aircraft. The Carthage Microgravity Teams have participated in the following outreach activities:

2009 Outreach Activities

• McHenry East High School classroom presentation. A team member talked to three classes about opportunities at NASA.
  
  
• Jack Hille Middle School classroom presentation. A team member told students about the opportunities at NASA.
  
  
• Washington Middle School. A team member shared video footage and demonstrations with a sixth grade classroom.
  
  
• Carthage College classroom presentation. A team member gave a 10-minute presentation about the SEED program and how students can become involved.
  
  
• Carthage College classroom presentation. A team member gave a 25-minute presentation to her classmates about NASA research.
  
  
• Carthage College Semi-Annual Meeting of the Natural Science Division Advisory Board. Three team members described the research done during flight week.
  
  
• Carthage College Natural Science Colloquium. Three team members described their experiences during flight week.
  
  
• Carthage College Family Fun Night. Three team members will talk to Kenosha families about their experiences with the Reduced Gravity Program.

2008 Outreach Activities

• Carthage College Family Fun Night. Five team members spoke to Kenosha families about their experiences with the Reduced Gravity Program. The team performed demonstrations and shared video of the flight with attendees.
  
  
• Carthage College Board of Trustees Presentation. Five team members shared video and detailed their experience in Houston with the College Board of Trustees.
  
  
• Jack Hille Middle School classroom presentation. Students shared flight video and demonstrations with 40 seventh- and eight-graders in the school's gifted program.
  
  
• American Association of Physics Teachers Annual Meeting. Two team members gave technical talks on SEED research at the AAPT meeting in Edmonton, Canada.
  
  
• Bradford High School. Team members gave a presentation on microgravity and NASA to a physics class.

About the Microgravity Program

• Overview
• Team Reports
• Outreach Activities
• Team Members
• Get Involved

Flying High

This video was taken by Carthage Microgravity Team member Joe Monegato during a flight aboard NASA's Weightless Wonder. Read student reflections.

Weightless Wonder

Physics students fly high in NASA Microgravity Program.

Student Voices

What is it like to study physics at Carthage? Hear from physics students.