Astronauts Frank Rubio and Jasmin Maghbeli aboard the International Space Center answered questions during Sept. 7th Education Link with DFES students. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
Students participating during the Dames Ferry Elementary NASA Stem Day experiment with food in dry ice with Georgia College students. ALAINA CLARKE/Staff
Dames Ferry students planted their own lettuce seeds, because lettuce has been harvested in space. ALAINA CLARKE/Staff
NASA STEM Day was celebrated down each hall at Dames Ferry Sept. 7, with all students involved and participating. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
Students construct their airplanes for a paper air plane challenge at the MGSU School of Aviation booth. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
DEFS fifth grader Morgan Stanford asked the first question to the astronauts Sept. 7, which was how they knew if it was day or night on the International Space Station. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
Alaina Clarke
alaina@jcnews.com
Dames Ferry Elementary NASA STEM Day took place Sept. 7, during which the school received an education downlink so students could ask astronauts from the International Space Station questions.
Students also spent the day learning about space and participating in STEM sessions.
Christin White, a fourth-grade science teacher at Dames Ferry, said she and the students were …
