I recently spent a week in Huntsville, Alabama as part of an international group of educators attending the US Space Camp. We were there courtesy of Honeywell Corporation. Each year Honeywell employees individually contribute to fund the Honeywell Educator Program. As Honeywell Educators we flew simulated shuttle missions, went to classes where we could bring back lessons on rocketry, problem solving, mathematics, and a multitude of other things. In addition we got to meet Hoot Gibson, shuttle astronaut; a senior member of NASA's Aries Rocket team; and Ed Buckbee, friend to the Mercury astronauts, author and co-founder of Space Camp. We experienced the moon's gravity, were twisted, turned and spun in a fantastic machine, and practiced water survival in a variety of neat things.
I have been interested in Space Camp for years and the opportunity to attend was a dream come true! Thanks so much to Honeywell for giving 220 educators this great opportunity. My group of teachers, Team Destiny, was composed of sixteen teachers from across the country, Canada, Australia and Switzerland.
