Fun with the @NASATweetup @astro_ron Tweetup from Jeffersonville

As if I needed any more proof that #NASATweetups were awesome... today they proved it to my students as well! 


Today I had some great tweeps at the Ron Garan Tweetup NASA Headquarters. 


As the tweetup happened my kids and I sent in questions to a few of them, and they sent us back answers. 




One of the kids asked the same question that DJ told me to ask someone to ask Ron, so I sent Colleen the question. 

@colleenmaleski From dj my 7 yo for @astro_ron what was your favorite thing to see on earth from the iss

Colleen Maleski @colleenmaleski

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@scienceesl @Astro_Ron misses seeing thunderstorms, lightening, auroras and shooting stars #NASATweetup

Colleen Maleski @colleenmaleski

@scienceesl what @Astro_Ron misses the most is seeing the earth come alive, cities waking up in the morning #NASAtweetup

Not only did the tweeps at the #nasatweetup answer questions for us, but so did some of my other friends who knew the answers. :-) 

Patty Cleveland @scienceesl

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How many feet in the air is the international space station? From Juwann Fourth grade in ga

AstroN8 @AstroN8

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@scienceesl Roughly 1.16 million

When I told my students we had answers oh boy oh boy did they get excited! 

(Like we needed anymore with the holiday, but this was a good kind)

We also looked at Fragile Oasis pictures online and talked about the things Ron Garan was sharing with the tweeps. They asked all sorts of questions, some that I knew the answer for, some that we had to Google. 

For instance how many times a day does the International Space Station orbit the Earth in 24 hours?

I thought I knew the answer, but we decided to let technology help us out and double check Mrs. C's memory. I said 16, and Google says I am correct! ;-) 

Then one of my students said, hey Mrs. C we have to write a story for homework tonight, can we do it on the International Space Station? Our spelling words will work, well as long as it doesn't have to be 100% non-fiction. So guess what their homework prompt turned into? When I Lived on the ISS.... :-) BINGO! 


Hopefully I can get one or two of their stories and share them on here soon!




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