For immediate release
April 8, 2002

A learning experience that's out of this world

         Students' imaginations take flight with Lindsay Evans and Laryssa Patten of the Canadian Space Agency during the Robotics Open House on Tuesday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Centennial Secondary School.
         Evans and Patten will be speaking to grades 4 to 8 students in the gifted enrichment program of the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties School Board as part of their Robotics Open House. Student work and projects will be featured along with a demonstration by the OPP tactical team of robotics used for safety and security.
         As Canadian astronaut robotics trainers, both Evans and Patten instruct American, Canadian, Japanese, and European astronauts and Russian cosmonauts. They train both ground support personnel and astronauts in the operations of Canadian robots such as the Canadarm2 and the Mobile Servicing System on the International Space Station.
         As part of the provincial 'Robotics Challenge' program, junior and intermediate students have been introduced to a variety of design, technological and programming skills. Over 100 students from Harmony, Hillcrest, Kente, Park Dale, Prince of Wales , Susanna Moodie, and Tyendinaga public schools will be presenting their work at the open house, starting at 6:30 p.m.
 

Biography of Lindsay Evans
Biography of Laryssa Patten
 

For more information contact:
Joan Smith, GE Resource, jlsmith@hpedsb.on.ca, 961-7202 ext. 21