| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
|
WHEREAS, The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program has |
|
|
selected an experiment designed by fifth grade students from Willis |
|
|
Independent School District to be conducted on the International |
|
|
Space Station; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Established to promote the sciences, the SSEP is a |
|
|
national competition in which students from across the country |
|
|
design and write proposals for experiments to be conducted in |
|
|
microgravity; there is a multistep selection process similar to the |
|
|
review procedures that professional scientists follow for funding, |
|
|
and a local review board chooses three finalist applications from |
|
|
the community to be judged by experts at the national level; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Danielle Pierce of Turner Elementary, Daniel Perez |
|
|
of Hardy Elementary, and Kalysta Gutierrez, Leiloni Zachary, Safira |
|
|
Reyes, and Selma Nieniel of Parmley Elementary submitted a winning |
|
|
proposal concerning whether savoy cabbage seeds can germinate in |
|
|
microgravity; the fifth graders chose this plant because of its |
|
|
nutritional value and the potential benefits it could confer on |
|
|
astronauts' diets; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, In posing a useful question, designing a workable |
|
|
experiment, and effectively communicating their justifications, |
|
|
these outstanding young Texans have demonstrated impressive |
|
|
critical thinking, and they truly merit special recognition for |
|
|
their initiative and achievement; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
|
|
Legislature hereby congratulate Danielle Pierce, Daniel Perez, |
|
|
Kalysta Gutierrez, Leiloni Zachary, Safira Reyes, and Selma Nieniel |
|
|
on the selection of their science project by the Student |
|
|
Spaceflight Experiments Program to be conducted on the |
|
|
International Space Station; and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
|
|
for the students, their schools, and Willis ISD as an expression of |
|
|
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |