2020 EDUCATION MAGAZINE

2020 Education Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS FEBRUARY 20, 2020 Page 15 Communication officer on the space station talks to mission control. This year the student’s mission at CLC was rendezvous with a comet. The students were divided into two teams, one at Mission Control on Earth, and the other on the orbiting space station. The goal of the mission was to launch a probe from the space station to pass through the tail of the comet to collect information on all sorts of parameters. The students were prepared for their day at the Challenger Learning Center by West Lincoln Broadwell science teacher Barb Bowlby and math teacher Val Mammen. “We spent three weeks in class going through the lessons that would help the students focus on their mission,” said Mrs. Mammen. Both Mrs. Bowlby and Mrs. Mammen have been through the Challenger Learning Center teacher preparation course many times, so their students are always at the top of their game when they get to CLC. And it shows. While the main mission was the launch of the probe, the students were also engaged in other duties that were necessary for the safe and successful conclusion of the mission. They learned to work together at their tasks, how to respond to emergencies, and how to follow the detailed instructions for the successful completion of the mission. Students on the space station react to an emergency, one of three that tested their training. They passed with flying colors! Continued p