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Raul Yzaguirre School For Success (RYSS) - NASA International Space Station (ISS) Photographs of Earth II [2012-2013]  RYSS College Prep Academy students (grades 6 - 8 ) requested photographs of Earth from the NASA International Space Station via the EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students) mission program. They identified the locations on Earth via various orbital paths for the onboard camera to take their photographs.  The program is a NASA educational outreach program enabling students, teachers and the public to learn about Earth from the unique perspective of space. During EarthKAM missions (periods the EarthKAM camera is operational), middle school students around the world request photos of specific locations on Earth. Latitude (shown as a horizontal line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are often referred to as parallels.  Longitude (shown as a vertical line) is the

Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [RYSS] - NASA Special Field Trip [December 16, 2010]

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Tom R. Chambers and his students toured the Apollo Era Mission Operations Control Room at the Johnson Space Center in 2010. This tour was before t he restoration project, which was conceived in 2013, began in November 2018 and completed in July 2019. The control room was restored to its Apollo-Era condition, and features the authentic consoles used to monitor nine Gemini missions, all Apollo Moon missions, and 21 space shuttle missions. This includes the Apollo 11 flight that first landed men on the moon, the Apollo 13 mission that famously experienced an in-flight emergency, and 40 other space missions. Restoration of Apollo Mission Control | NASA Apollo Flight Controller 101: Every console explained | Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (nasa.gov)

Sound Editing: The Production of Electronica Loops

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Sound Editing: The Production of Electronica Loops ELECTRONICA LOOPS (tomrchambers.com) Eighth grade students at Raul Yzaguirre School for Success, Houston, Texas were tasked to work with an existing piece of music [public domain (free), downloaded from the Internet] to create their own sound as "Electronica" loops. They honed their skills with Audacity, sound editing/mixing software as they became aware of this genre of music that artists/musicians are creating worldwide in academia and at the workplace. Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing. Genres such as techno, drum and bass, down tempo, and ambient are among those encompassed by the umbrella term, entering the American mainstream from "alternative" or "underground&quo

Student Projects, Technology Applications, Raul Yzaguirre School for Success, Houston, Texas, 2007-2013

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  Tom R. Chambers taught Technology Applications for  Raul Yzaguirre School For Success  [charter] in Houston, Texas, U.S.A. (2007-2013). He also taught and advised Digital Photography, Digital/New Media Art and Broadcasting. His students' projects and accomplishments over a six-year period follow: Mr. Chambers' Letter of Reference excerpts re: nomination for The Library of Congress Literacy Award/The David M. Rubenstein Prize (2013) Comment from Mr. Raul Yzaguirre, U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic about PANTHER NEWS and Mr. Chambers' teaching (2013) 2012-2013 : Facebook Search/Research - Immigration : Immigration is in the news as the American Congress deals with this issue in the context of an estimated 11 million immigrants who are in the United States illegally. Seventh grade students were tasked to search/research Immigration via Facebook, and then copy/paste their findings along with their comments into Microsoft Word to create a report. The exercise was a &q