students got an out-of-this-world visit Monday by astronaut Linda Godwin and a team from NASA who congratulated students who won a nationwide contest for designing a game for the International Space Station.
Godwin, a professor at University of Missouri whose hometown is Jackson, MO, met with the Parkway fifth grade students who belong to the which is a program for "exceptionally gifted" students.
Parkway's fifth-graders competed in a nationwide contest against students in grades 5-8. The “Spaced Out Sports Design Challenge” tasked Parkway's 15 students with designing a game for astronauts to use for physical exercise while in space.
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The MOSAICS students devised a floating web with dental floss that astronauts fight their way through to grab "stars" made of paper and duct tape. They call it "Starfield."
The visit included some educational presentations and an award ceremony.
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