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Gary Smilowitz
MS Science Teacher and US Innovation Teacher
    garysmilowitz How many 7th graders do you know who have built satellites? Well, our Flint Hill students did! Our 7th grade Earth and Space Science students designed, imagined, and built satellites, and successfully placed them in "orbit" in our Middle School project spaces. For each satellite, they created a sensor, each representing one of the six major systems that keep the satellites in orbit and focused on the Earth — power, communication, attitude control, thermal control, data handling, and propulsion. The sensors also represented units of study in their science class this year: earth’s structure; minerals and rocks; weathering, erosion, and deposition; plate tectonics; earthquakes and volcanoes; atmosphere and weather.