The Earth seen from space

Location: Children's Educational Center in Oradea City, Romania
Time: April 29-th, 2010

Earth seen from space is amazing. In science classes the children learned about oceans, seas, rivers and islands.
Do you want to study mountains, craters, or volcanoes? Here are some subjects that children in Children's Education Center can learn now. Moreover, the children themselves can select places on Earth and send their requests to the ISS astronauts.


I organized an educational activity was based on volcanoes. And I even managed to evoke the interest of children when we talked about  Eyjafjallajokull active volcano from Iceland.

At the end of activity, a small chemical volcano erupted.

Astronomy Day

Location: Children's Educational Center of Oradea City, Romania
Time: April 23, 2010



One People, One Sky!

April 2010 is the Global Month of Astronomy and marks the succes of 2009-International Year of Astronomy.
I organized an educational activity in the Children's Educational Center of Oradea.




1. Multimedia presentations

• Polar Aurora
• Geomagnetic field
• Solar wind
• Earth's atmosphere
• The sky in April 2010
• Free software available for exploring the Universe
• Stellarium
• Google Earth
• 3D pictures of Sun, Moon, Mercury's tranzit, space shuttle, ISS.

2. Workshops

• Building of sundials
• Building of rotative sky maps

Yuri's Night

Location: Children's Educational Center
City: Oradea
Time: April 8, 2010
The Space Shuttle is spearhead of American space technology.

The first space shuttle was launched for testing on April 12, 1981. We watched  the story spoken by John Young, Bob Crippen and Gene Kranz. Shuttle launch footage is spectacular.

 The space shuttles are the most complex aircraft of NASA. These vehicles launched satellites and cary parts to built International Space Station.

NASA remove in 2010 from service shuttles flew. 

Courage. Intelligence. Hard-work. These words describe so well Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut. A presentation about the life of the first man in space, and a reminder of those times, followed by a launch of a missile in the courtyard of Children's Educational Center in Oradea.
5,4, 3, 2, 1 ... Lift off!

Honeywell Educators at Space Academy

The Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy program provides 45 hours of intensive classroom, laboratory and training time, focusing on space science and space exploration. During the program, teachers will participate in astronaut-style training and simulations, along with activities designed to promote life-long learning in a classroom setting. All lessons and activities are correlated to National Science and Math Standards and are ready to use in the classroom. Scholarships to the program are underwritten by Honeywell Hometown Solutions and the donations of more than 1,700 Honeywell employees. Each scholarship covers: 1. Tuition for the 5-day HE @ SA program at U.S. Space Camp in Alabama; 2. Roundtrip airfare (from home airport to Huntsville and returning trip from Huntsville to same home airport teacher departed from only); 3. Meals and double occupancy accommodations; 4. Program materials for teachers; 5. Flightsuit.

Adventure in outer space

Journey through the stars

Location: Children's Educational Center of Oradea City, Romania
Time: February 4, 2010
Activity: Space Telescopes and The International Space Station

A journey through space and time, in a spaceship that travels with an incredibly high speed. After we admired the stars, nebulae, supernova explosions, galaxies, we have returned on Earth.

We made a little stop and admire the Earth from International Space Station, along with astronauts. It is very fun, we floating in microgravity. We looked to the Earth through the porthole from Destiny laboratory. It's all so beautiful there.

In the northern hemisphere is in winter that is white ground. We passed over Romania, down there is Suceava. Then Chisinau and Odessa (orbit 240, Feb 3, 2010).


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In the southern hemisphere is hot, because there is summer. Look, we reveal the Bahamas Islands'beautiful colors.



Another pictures with Mississippi, Cape Canaveral, Haiti, Brasil (orbit246, Feb 3 2010)


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We returned safely to Earth. We are now in The Children's Educational Center in Oradea City, and we tell other children about our space adventure.

The Earth is so beautiful!







More about this activity here
More pictures here

Thank you ISS' Astronauts!
Thank you NASA!