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Media advisory: 00-299

Baton Rouge students to 'star' in NASA video

What:		Istrouma Middle Magnet School students in Baton Rouge, La., will "star" in filming of a NASA educational video to be seen by students across the country next year. The students will be featured in an upcoming episode of "NASA CONNECT" — a series of NASA instructional video programs. Istrouma students will learn about NASA’s designs for a satellite propulsion system that will use electromagnetic force to propel spacecraft without the use of propellants. They will be taped — demonstrating for students across the country — how to construct, operate, and collect data from a device that demonstrates electrodynamic propulsion. The episode, "Patterns, Functions and Algebra: Wired for Space," will be shown Feb. 15, 2001. It is being produced by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. NASA CONNECT is a free program, delivered to classrooms via satellite with lesson plans available on the Internet. It features standards-based activities and experiments to help educators creatively present math, science and problem-solving skills.
Who:		Students from Istrouma Middle Magnet School, assisted by undergraduate student mentors from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
When:		Tuesday, Oct. 31 8 a.m. — 2:30 p.m. CST
Where:		Istrouma Middle Magnet School, 2500 Erie St., Baton Rouge
To attend:		News media interested in covering the event should contact Ms. Audrey Hilton in the middle school office at (225) 357-6464.