\n09\/20\/2007\n<\/p>\n
\nOXFORD, Miss. – Several hundred visitors to the University <\/p>\n \nWide-eyed and with jaws dropping, elementary, middle and \nThe mobile unit stationed in front of the Old Chemistry \n“This is huge,” said Maxine Woolsey, education outreach \nInside the exhibit, patrons experience a virtual journey to \n“It’s a lot like being inside an IMAX theater,” said \nThe 3-D imagery projects the illusion of stepping on \n“I liked kicking the moon rocks and red fish around on the \nBesides the eye-opening show, several students said they \nTeachers chaperoning the students said they appreciated the \n“Today was one of many field trips we have planned for our \n“Since NASA’s a long way from here, this is a great \nAs a souvenir, visitors had their photos taken and their \nBased on the positive response to the space exhibit and \n“After seeing all this, I definitely hope to go to NASA one \n“I think it’s really cool how NASA can make all this stuff \nTo learn more about engineering education at UM, visit 09\/20\/2007 OXFORD, Miss. – Several hundred visitors to the University of Mississippi Thursday (Sept. 20) journeyed into space through the medium of an interactive mobile exhibit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[765,767,1297],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nof Mississippi Thursday (Sept. 20) journeyed into space
\nthrough the medium of an interactive mobile exhibit.
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\nhigh school students from north Mississippi and west
\nTennessee experienced the simulated spacewalk through
\nNASA’s Vision of Space Exploration Experience.
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\nbuilding on Lyceum Circle is free and open to the public
\nthrough Friday (Sept. 21), from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is
\nsponsored by the School of Engineering. At NASA’s request,
\nengineering school demonstrations to complement activities
\nin the mobile unit are being staged at Carrier Hall.
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\nspecialist. “More than 1,000 students and teachers from
\narea schools plan to participate. We even have a large
\ngroup coming from Cordova, Tennessee.”
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\nthe Moon and Mars, surrounded by stars and other planets.
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\nShirley Jones of Oxford. Jones home schools sisters Lindy
\nand Hannah Vanderford, who also visited the display.
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\nvarious surfaces of the moon and Mars, and flying to
\nSaturn’s moon Titan. Holographic video screens create
\nfloating images, allowing visitors’ hand motions to
\n“control” and “create” bases for human life on the
\nplanets.
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\nfloor,” said Justin Miller, a sixth-grader from South
\nPontotoc Middle School. “Having the planets move along
\nbeside us was really cool, too.”
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\nwere impressed by the information presented. “Before I came
\nto this, I didn’t know there used to be water on Mars. I
\ntouched a moon rock 175 billion years old,” said Samuel
\nIvy, another South Pontotoc student. “This was a truly
\ngreat experience for me. Anyone who hasn’t seen this
\nalready should definitely do so.”
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\nuniversity and NASA for creating the learning opportunity.
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\nstudents to visit universities around the South,” said
\nRodney Buford, a history instructor at Byhalia Middle
\nSchool. “We’ve been very impressed with the open
\natmosphere. Hopefully, experiences like this will motivate
\nthese kids to see past high school and consider going to
\ncollege.”
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\nopportunity for our students to see how engineering works
\nand its real-life applications,” said Renee Dayan, a
\nsixth-grade science teacher at Oxford Middle School.
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\nfaces superimposed inside a spacesuit on a personalized
\npostcard. “My favorite part was having my picture taken,”
\nsaid Kendra Shegog, a sixth-grader at Oxford Middle
\nSchool.
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\nengineering demonstrations, both Ole Miss and NASA may have
\nrecruited future engineering students and astronauts.
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\nday,” said Oxford Middle School student Chris Watson.
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\nthat goes into space,” added Watson’s classmate Maggie
\nCordell.
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\nhttp:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/depts\/engineering?school\/. To
\nrequest assistance related to a disability, call
\n662-915-7407.
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