Astronaut Training Week #2!
Week 2 of Astronaut Training was a little spotty, but still successful. Ivy had a little trouble focusing on her schoolwork (now that complacency has set in after about two months of virtual school), which limited our Astronaut Training. But! We made good use of the time we had by incorporating Astronaut Training into some of her schoolwork. On Monday, she had to take pictures of things in nature for a school assignment. Guess what? Astronauts are typically in space for about 6 months, meaning that they are gonna miss all of the Earth's natural wonders like trees, flowers, dirt, and bushes. Astronauts also should have a good education in biology, ecosystems, and the environment - one day we might find a planet like Earth, and we will be able to use all of the topics in earth sciences to give us a starting point of understanding foreign planets! Our Astronaut Exercise was another Cosmic Kids Yoga video - again, like last week, we were both...