Thirty junior-high school teachers with thirty experiments, getting to experience zero gravity.
The goal: Inspire students in the fields of science and technology. The experience is provided by the Northrup Grumman Foundation.
“We know that the next great innovators are in our classrooms,” said Sandra Evers-Manly of Northrup Grumman. “The best way to do it is [for the students] to know it’s fun, it’s exciting and most of all they can do this.”
The zero gravity-plane reached 30,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean allowing the teachers to feel three levels of gravity. First, what it would feel like to be on Mars: one-third to their weight.
Then, the moon: one-sixth of their weight.
And then, the teachers were reduced to giddy children as they experienced zero gravity. Performing mock push-ups and laughing hysterically while floating into each other.
“It was awesome,” exclaimed San Onofre science teacher Bryan Gunner. “A once in a lifetime opportunity. I’m just so grateful to have an opportunity to do that and bring that excitement back to my kids. That’s what it’s all about.”
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