November 26, 1997. The trip was sponsored by a NASA grant that The Honorable Jesse Jackson Jr. sent our way.
Mr. Lopatka has been meeting with students after school to study Aerospace and Astronomy. Mrs. Thompson�s class was chosen to accompany the Aerospace group on the trip. Room 209 will get their chance to go on a trip to the Adler Planetarium.
The trip to the University featured lunch with University Astronomers. They had
the pleasure of meeting Mr. Bob Rosner, Don York and Jens Niemeyer
Students had a chance to examine the newly discovered fossils, then they had lunch with
the scientist. The trip was arranged by Dr. Ron Dubreuil of the University of Chicago, and Mr. Lopatka.
Dr. Dubreuil has been a science fair judge at Randolph for the last three years.
Students viewed a LANDSAT satellite image of their path from Randolph to the
University. They took GPS (Global Positioning System) readings of their position on the
globe as they toured the campus.
Latitude and Longitude readings of Rockefeller Chapel, the memorial to the first
nuclear chain reaction and the Frank Lloyd Wright home will be sent to GLOBE scientists
over the Internet.
Our Trip to the University of Chicago
By Tennell Wyatt
Wednesday my class went on a trip . We went to the University of Chicago.
We met real scientists. I talked to a physicist. His name was Robert Rosner.
But he told us to call him Bob . He came from Germany. His favorite branch of science is math. Bob said that being a scientist wasn't his dream in life, what made him become a scientist was his wife. He didn't take any science classes in high school. He said he took a science class in college to get closer to his wife. So his wife was the person who lead him to become a scientist.
The place I liked best was the Rockefeller Chapel. .We explored the chapel. We
saw so many old things that we never heard of. It was very huge. It was fun reading things
in the Rockefeller Chapel.
In conclusion, it was really fun talking to them . I learned a lot and I really enjoyed
myself!
By Lakeshia Howard
Our trip to the University of Chicago was very exciting. On the way there
we stopped a few times. The first place was Washington Park, where we took
Latitude,Longitude,Altitude,and Time. at Midway.Then we went to the Midway
to do the same thing. Then we toured the Rockefeller Chapel..We saw a lot
of Gargoyles as we walked to the Frank Lloyd Wright House on 58th and
Woodlawn. We saw the First Nuclear Fission Site, (See the picture of the
memorial below)just before we finally got to the building where we ate
our lunches. We got to talk to real scientists! I got to talk to Don York. (Pictured on the Right) He is the director of an Observatory in New Mexico. We talked about lots of
interesting things. We talked about the scientists who built the first Atomic
Bomb.
Finally we had to go so we took as many pictures as we could of the
scientists and ourselves.
In conclusion I think this trip gave us an idea of what we will be when we grow up.
Student E-Mail
Dear Dr. Jens,
It was fun talking to you. You are a very sweet gentleman. I just wanted you to know I had a excellent time. In college everything isn't as obstreperous as it is in the outside world. Just wanted to thank you.
Love,
Stephanie
Dear Dr. Rosner,
Thank you for teaching me that stars give light in space. Also for talking about how Columbus dared to travel to prove there are other lands and the world is round. I hope I will see you soon.
Love,
Dimtirius
Dear Mr. York,
It was very nice talking to you about science. You seem like a very intelligent person and a very good scientist. Hopefully, I will meet you again and work with you.
your best friend,
Dionte
