The Spirit of Education, piloted by Barry Brubaker, was at the Unity School in Balsam Lake on April 1 and 2. The shuttle, the Spirit of Education, travels to schools throughout the Midwest from its launch pad in Spencer, Wisconsin. Its mission is to motivate children in the elementary grades to learn.
There are 3 major areas of investigation on the shuttle.
The first is a gathering area in which 3 groups, each consisting of 2-3 students, all work on the same activity. The first is a constellation activity wherein the students learn about constellations and then create their own.
The second activity is a lesson about the International Space Station.. It is designed to help students learn about the Space Station, and then use that knowledge to design their own stations.
The third area of study on the shuttle consists of eight work stations, where the students experiment to learn about space, space travel, and living and working in space. Less