My trip to NASA was a success. I learned many interesting facts in this program. I learned many things about the clean rooms, which are free of tiny particles that might damage the instruments that will be sent into space. I learned how to interview interesting people who work for NASA/GSFC. I learned how to make a comet with dry ice, which is frozen carbon dioxide (CO2). This program, called SUNBEAMS, has taught me many things I never heard of and never saw. This program has also taught me how to communicate and work with others. I learned many skills that you may need in the future, like mathematics, science, and physics. It also taught me how to pick something that you really want to do in the future that will pay you alot of money. I am really glad I went on this trip to NASA/GSFC.
 

On my trip to the Goddard Space Flight Center I learned so many interesting facts about satellites, comets, meteorites, and craters. We first arrived on Tuesday, Febuary 16. We didn't know where we were going or what projects we were going to work on, but let me tell you, we had no idea it would be this fun! When we entered a small room and we each got a small notebook with five dividers inside. After we sat down, we met Mrs. Stokes who would be our teacher for the rest of the week. She introduced herself and we talked a bit. That day we were to learn how to interview a person. Mrs. Stokes gave us an interview chart and we practiced interviewing her. On Wednesday we learned how computers communicate with each other. Here is an example, if there was a huge telescope, designed to take pictures of the tail of any comet that went by, how would it translate that information to another computer? We learned that computers communicate with series of combinations only containing zeros(0) and ones(1). Later on, we made craters with different impactors to see if impactor speed and size determines the size of the crater. It was a very fun project to do. On Thursday, we made a "meteorite" with Play-Doh and different colored beads that represented the elements that are found in meteorites. After that, we switched and took slices out of the meteorite and tried to identify the kind of meteorite it was supposed to be. I loved this whole week and if I could do it again, I wouldn't change a thing.
 
 

Spending a week at Goddard, we did a lot of experiments on dry ice and meteorites. We also learned how to interview scientists, engineers, and astrophysicists. We learned a lot of vocabulary words such as gamma rays, bunny suit, clean room, centrifuge, an
 
 

At the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, I learned a lot about meteors, craters, ejecta, and a lot of other words I hadn't heard or understood before. When you get there you might think the volunteers are stuck up, but when you get to know them they're very nice. One of the other things I learned is how to classify meteorite samples. Before I came to the Space Center, I didn't think the people would teach us as much as we learned.

I interviewed enough people to know what they do here. They even tell you what they do during a crisis. I learned the meanings of words like silicon (sand) and sublimation (a solid changes into a gas without becoming liquid). Going to the Space Center was one of the best experiences of my life and I would love to go back.

Before we went to the GoddardSpace Flight Center I thought that it would be boring but during these last few days, everthing was better than I thought it would be. Everything was great! They taught us how dry ice turns into a gas without going through the liquid stage and they also taught us how to make a comet out of dry ice (frozen carbondioxide). We met interesting people and scientists like Dr.Jo. We learned so much and we met so many people that when I got home my head started to hurt. It all turned out to be an interesting trip and I would love to return.

We talked about the stars, comets, some life in space, and the minerals in a meteorite. Learning about the types of programs was interesting and the people that we interviewed had some big money.

We were working with clay and beads and flour; it was very fun and relaxing. This was a very good opportunity to tell people about this great experience. I gave my father a poster and told him about the great, great chance I had.
 
 

I am a student from Garnet-Patterson Middle School. The things I enjoyed at NASA were the experiments we did. We constructed a meteorite with play-doh and beads of different colors and interviewed people that work at NASA. They told us about what they do and the skills necessary for their professions. We learned that comets can create craters and we also found out that there are many craters on the seven continents. On the week of February 16-19, 1999, we participated in a program called SUNBEAMS which stands for Students United with NASA Becoming Enthusiastic About Math and Science.
 

I am a student from Garnet-Patterson Middle School. What I liked most about NASA were the activities we did. The first day I went, I thougt it was going to be boring but now I see
 
 

Our week at Nasa was great. First we played a mind reader game and then Mrs. Stokes showed us what kind of codes they use and we did a worksheet. Mrs. Stokes gave us interview sheets . We interviewed Dr. Jo and other scientists. It was fun because we learned about their jobs. I didn't know this was going to be so interesting. We learned about comets and craters. We learned knew new words. We worked with play-doh and put different colored beads like red, green, brown, white, and blue to construct a meteorite. I think all the kids who came to NASA enjoyed the week like I did. IT WAS FUN!!
 

I enjoyed going to NASA because I was able to learn more about Space, and what kind of instruments they use to study the stars, and the other things in Space. The other thing I enjoyed doing was counting the bead colors when we constructed a meteorite. The composition of the meteorite was as follows brown -magnesium atoms, red-Oxygen atoms,blue-Iron atoms, green-Silicon atoms, white-other atoms. We also observed Mrs.Stokes demonstrating how to contruct a hairy comet. She used lots of materials. The final product was a comet and we could observed the vapor coming from the comet. IT WAS GREAT! I thoroughly enjoyed interviewing all the scientists. Iwant to thank Mrs.Stokes, Dr.Carol Jo Crannell, Dr. Bob Gabrys, Deborah Amato, and Ms. Brown for the experience at NASA this week.
 
 

My week at NASA was a success. Ms. Gina Stokes taught me alot of information I didn't know about science and things in space. On the first day there, we interviewed people who worked at NASA. It was fun asking questions about their jobs. On the second day when we first got there, we went over new things like the Sun, it is a star that is called the sun. We went to the recreation center and made craters. We made meteorites out of clay and different types of beads which were supppose to be atoms. On the third day Ms. Stokes showed us how to make a comet. Everyday I learned something new. I was glad to see people were interested to let us ask questions about what they do and that they were comfortable answering them. I want to come back again.
 

I learned about meteors and space. I also learned what words mean like bunny suit, clean room, and HESSI. My group also made meteors out of clay and beads. I interviewed guests who taught us what they do at NASA. Also we ate lunch and had alot of fun. We also look threw slides to see different colors of lights. We took a picture to put on the internet page.
 

My week at NASA was great. Although my fellow classmates and I didn't spend five days because, Monday was a holiday. These past three days I learned how to interview people. Tuesday, we did a data sheet it was tricky but fun. On Wednesday, we made a meteorite out of clay and beads. The clay got on my nails and my nails are very precious to me. On Thursday, Mrs. Stokes showed me how to make a comet out of dry ice and many other materials. It was so fun to me that I wanted to come back. I am happy to see my favorite teacher Ms. Brown was involed in this project and that she made some of this work.
 

Here at Goddard Space Flight Center it has been fun for the last past four days. We have made craters, comets, and meteors. With the meteors we had to cut it open and each bead was a element so we had to count each bead and record it. The craters were made by five things which was a large, small, and medium rock; small, and big bead. We also interviewed scientist, engineers, and teachers about their jobs. I learned that NEAR means (Near Earth Astroid Rendezvous). I also learned what SUNBEAMS means (Students United With NASA Becoming Enthusiatic About Math And Science) and I also learned that the comet can also be called the Hairy Comet.
 
 

I'm hear to tell you about what I've done on the 16-19 of February. When I first got to Goddard I expected to be doing alot of hard work, but it was very fun and educational to be doing . Everyone had to write down words new to us that we heard like: gamma ray, SUNBEAMS, and NEAR. During those few days we interviewed various people, we made meteorite models with clay and beads, and we made craters. The most important thing I liked was eating, and on Thursday we wrote down the places that meteors have hit, and left craters. Friday, we're going to make web pages for other people that want to know about our wonderful week, and on Friday, we get to eat in the cafeteria. We would not have done this with out Ms. Brown our teacher.

The SUNBEAMS program that I took part in was great.The trip to Goddard Space Flight Center each day,turned out wonderful because it was educational and fun. Students United with NASA Becoming Enthusiastic About Math and Science is a great name because we did and are just that. The week at Goddard was so enlightening and fun. Me and other students from Garnet-Patterson M.S. in D.C. were invited to come and I'm glad we accepted. We got to learn many things about our universe. For instance we studied atoms, comets, craters, meteors, asteroids, and meteorites. We also conducted a few experiments on these studies.

I must say if I could go back each week,or once a month I would be very willing and happy too. Goddard deserves a tremendous amount of recognition for letting us stay for a week. Thank you NASA and Goddard.
 
 

I first became a SUNBEAMS on Tuesday, Febuary 16,1999. SUNBEAMS is a program with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The word SUNBEAMS stands for Students United with NASA Becoming Enthusiastic About Math and Science. The program SUNBEAMS is a very fun and educational program. You learn about space, comets, meteors, asteroids, and stars. The program also teaches you about what meteors and comets hit the Earth. On Tuesday, we got to learn how to do the ''Mind Reader Cards'', interviews, and had a tour of the GSFC. We saw the cleanroom, TRACE, HST, etc.. On Wednesday, we got to go to the recreation center, make meteorites out of clay, and do interviews. On Thursday, we identified what kind of meteorites we made, we did an interview, and identified helium, hydrogen, and neon atoms. The SUNBEAMS program is a very good experience, and you learn alot.
 
 

During my week at NASA GODDARD SPACE CETER, it was the best time of my life. I really enjoyed researching asteroids, meteroids and interviewing important people like Dr. Jo. When I grow up, I would like to work at NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER as an engineer. I enjoyed meeting Dr. Larry Evans, who is one of the NEAR Project developers. I loved that people took time to work with us on different projects. We did the mind game with each other and we did the observation sheets on our experiments.
 
 

Coming here to NASA was a very good learning experience. While I was there at NASA for a week I learned many things. One thing I learned was that scientist use a method to determine what type of meteorite that they find. I also learned what a comet is made out of which is really just a ball of dry ice. Here at NASA we made a comet out of dry ice, water, ammonia, and other kinds of ingredients. The dry ice is not water but frozen carbon dioxide. Frozen carbon dioxide goes through a process called sublimation which is that the carbon dioxide doesn't go into the liquid stage like when water freezes. We also interviewed many people who work here. Many people we met have very important jobs. I learned many new vocabulary words I never knew before I came here to NASA. Coming here to NASA was a great learning experience and hope to come another time.
 
 

This week at Goddard Space Flight Center I learned and experienced many things. The first day we arrived at Goddard Space Flight Center, for SUNBEAMS, we met Ms. Stokes and Dr. Jo, SUNBEAMS' creator. We were given a tour of Goddard Space Flight Center. We saw where scientist and enginers build and test satellites. As well we learned binary code.

The second day we went to the Rec. Center at Goddard. We met two scientists Dr. Evans and Mrs. Solomon. They taked about asteroids and the Near Earth Asteroids Rendezvous mission NEAR. We made play-doh meteorites, using beads to represent different atoms.

On day three Ms.Stokes made a comet,
 
 

Hi! I 'm a Goddard Space Flight Center SUNBEAMS student. We did alot of fun experiments that you will enjoy very much. We made craters in sand and flour. Then we measured them to see how deep they were. We made a meteor with clay and beads. We also identified different colors in differents lights of a spectrum through a clear slide. Our instructor, Ms. Gina Stokes, made a comet out of: 2 cups of water, a large plastic bag, 2 cups of dry ice, 1 cup of dirt, 1 tablespoon of amonia, 1 tablespoon of dark syrup, 1 large plastic mixing bowl, 1 pair of working gloves, 1 wooden spoon, and a paper towel. We learned alot of new words such as gamma ray, Hubble Space Telesope, Astrophysics, micrometeorites,etc.. I don't want to tell you everything because it won't be a surprise. See ya!
 
 

Whats Up People! I have had a great time here at the Goddard Space Flight Center. The SUNBEAMS program has taught me a lot about space. We have learned how to conduct interviews and what questions to ask and not to ask. I've learned how to make a hairy comet using alot of different things. We made craters using sand and flour. Then we measured to see how deep the crater was. We made a meteor with clay and beads. We also identified what they were . Before I forget, we also identified different colors lines in a slide. So in closing, if you come here you'll have fun! See ya!