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Washington metropolitan area who are already on track to be leading scientists, engineers and researchers. From July 6 to July 1. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to participate in the SISTER program. The SISTER, or Summer Institute in Science, Technology, Engineering and Research, program is designed to provide an opportunity for middle school girls to meet women working as engineers, mathematicians, scientists, technicians and researchers at Goddard.[image- 6. Goddard has had outreach programs aimed at middle school girls for almost 3.
Lisa Kelleher, now a resource management officer at the center, participated in a SISTER precursor in 1. I think the program helped me become more aware of what NASA can offer in terms of career opportunities," she said. NASA scientists and engineers joined the offices of Education and Equal Opportunity Programs to inspire this year’s participants. The girls learned about science, technology, engineering and math. They built rockets, were introduced to the concepts of robotics, and visited the Scientific Visualization Studio, where teams create animations and multimedia from satellite data to help communicate science.[image- 3. My favorite part of the program was watching [the girls] enjoy themselves, network, and engage with the scientists and engineers," said Marian Carson, an equal employment opportunity specialist at Goddard who co- manages the SISTER program with Sarah Brown, senior outreach coordinator."You have to tap into that spirit and turn that light on," said Brown. Getting into this year's SISTER program was no small feat.
Each of the girls had to fill out an application, write an essay, submit their science and math grades, and provide a recommendation from a teacher. When I asked the girls what they wrote their essays on, they answered in a whirlwind: global warming to terraforming Mars and even going to the Red Planet one day.[image- 5. Dr. Amber Straughn, an astrophysicist at Goddard, taught them about the James Webb Space Telescope, designed to be the successor to Hubble and set to launch no earlier than 2. It amazed me to see how much these girls already knew about the stars and our early universe. To be honest, these girls were asking and answering questions that I just learned in my college astronomy classes. I am not sure if this makes me look bad or them look smart, but I am really hoping for the latter. These girls were even interested in what I do at Goddard.
Suddenly I realized something. These seventh and eighth graders were eager to learn what they can do to be like me and work at NASA, when all I was doing was thinking how much I wish I could be like them. I began to tell them that I am in college studying communications and astronomy, at the University of Maryland, and learning the exact same thing Dr. Straughn had been teaching them about the different stars, planets and galaxies. I tried my hardest to make my communications internship sound exciting to them but all I got were blank stares."Have you girls ever read an article on the Goddard website?" I asked them. Yeah!" some responded.
I began to explain, "I learn from all the different scientists and engineers about what they do here at Goddard, and once I understand it, I write about it so you girls can understand and learn from it too."Their blank stares soon turned into smiles. I was so used to hiding behind the computer screen writing everyday, that I forgot how important it is to be able to communicate to all age groups face- to- face. I was thrilled to see that these girls were excited about what I get to do as much as I am. This year's SISTER program ended July 1.
Parents shuffled in to cheer on their children and look at posters they made. The posters, lining the auditorium walls, described what the girls learned while they were at Goddard. The girls welcomed the guests, handed out flyers as people walked in and introduced the keynote speaker, astronaut Piers Sellers, Goddard’s Sciences and Exploration Directorate deputy director.
Sellers explained that he thinks the best years to send humans to Mars will be about 2. SISTER participants will be in their early 3. I don’t even want to think about how old that will make me.) As he pointed to the crowd he said, "I am pretty sure one of these ladies will go to Mars." The girls began to look at one another, and you could tell they were picking out who they thought would be in that astronaut class. While these girls are talented in science and math, they have an artistic side as well. As part of the closing ceremony they played piano, sang the national anthem and read poetry.
Asha Lang wrote a poem about the mysteries of the universe and how it will be these girls’ jobs to solve them. She concluded with: "This is our course, our life, our game,And perhaps that will lead us to fame."One day, I know I will be there covering their discoveries, and I can't wait.