2012 GA Participants in GASSSS Program
These participants have submitted a final GASSSS application.
If your name is not on this list and you have participated in the GASSSS program, please contact Larry Woolf at Lawrence.Woolf@ga-asi.com
GA GASSSS Participant | Company | School | Materials Purchased | Activity |
Heather Wilkens | GA | San Diego HS of Science and Technology, San Diego, CA | Radiation shielding kit | Assist with radiation kit lesson; brief description of my scientific career |
David Moon | GA-SI | Stansbury, Tooele, Grantsville High Schools, UT | Robotics parts | Support FIRST robotics team |
Andrew LeBlanc | GA | Student Sustainability Outreach Day at UCSD | Biogreen Leaf Calculators | Discuss Fusion Science, participate in workshop to encourage students to major in STEM, and talk about careers |
Linden P. Blue | GA-ASI | La Jolla High School; La Jolla, CA | Chemistry lab materials; Molecular modeling workshop | Talk about uranium mining chemistry |
Bobby Russell | GA/IT | Quest for Stars Program | Logisitics and travel support for student participation in 10/14/12 flight | Mentor students for 10/14/12 flight; speak to classes at High Tech High |
Rick Wilkinson | GA-ASI | Innovations Academy, San Diego, CA | Electronic parts for DIY Microphone building workshop. | Create DIY tutorial and host a microphone building workshop for the Media Arts Lab. Discuss the science of sound recording, while students build as many as 55 functional microphones from common electronic parts. |
Steven P. Jensen | GA-ASI | Heritage Christian School, San Diego, CA | Ultrasonic motion detector and dynamics cart+track system | Train physics teacher on use of equipment, assist in class, discuss careers in science |
Darrell E. Nakawaki | GA-ASI | Heritage K-8 Charter School, Escondido, CA | 4 microscopes for a kindergarten classroom | Help students to use microscopes and understand what they are seeing |
Martin Gerdom | GA-ASI | University City HS, San Diego, CA | Entrance fees for 4 teams for San Diego Science Olympiad | Coach for the robotic arm competition in the San Diego Science Olympiad |
Joe Ippolito | GA-ASI | Longfellow Elementary; San Diego, CA | Lego Mindstorms NXT robot | Gave brief on STEM, engineering experiences, and robotics to 3rd grade class. Demoed the Mindstorms NXT robot to students, explained how each of the sensors worked. |