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Utah teacher hopes to inspire students with her journey to the edge of space
Tutorial support Rebecca Watson, left, and science instructor Jennifer Muir, proper, work with eighth graders at Draper Park Center Faculty on Friday. Muir, who was chosen to attend a prestigious NASA-affiliated instructor coaching program that features a flight to the stratosphere, leaves Monday, Sept. 12, for the five-day journey. (Laura Seitz, Deseret Information)
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DRAPER — Jennifer Muir did not know that her lifelong aspirations to develop into a instructor would ultimately take her to the sting of house.
“I wasn’t set on science until I began going to school,” mentioned Muir, a science instructor at Draper Park Center Faculty. “I took a geology class for my bodily science requirement and completely beloved it and majored in earth science schooling — greatest resolution I’ve ever made.”
Muir was chosen in December to attend a prestigious NASA-affiliated instructor coaching program that features a journey to the stratosphere aboard the world’s largest flying observatory, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA.
She discovered about this system final 12 months after Canyons Faculty District academics Milo Maughan, who now works on the Utah State Workplace of Schooling, and Hillcrest’s Clief Castleton obtained their flight jackets from NASA.
“I did not suppose it was open to center college science academics, so after I discovered it was via our district science specialist, I used to be like, ‘Effectively, I’ll apply as a result of the worst they will inform me isn’t any,’” Muir mentioned.
Besides they did not say no and Muir joined a listing of 24 different academics throughout the nation who can be embarking on the journey together with her as airborne astronomy ambassadors. She is the one instructor from the Beehive State on this 12 months’s program.
The group consists of Ok-12 academics and group faculty instructors from throughout the nation.
{Qualifications} to develop into an envoy embrace not less than three years of instructing expertise in such topics as bodily science, earth and house science, astronomy, astrobiology or built-in science. Academics additionally should be scheduled to steer physics and astronomy within the coming years.
Muir was at IKEA when she discovered she had been chosen.
“I used to be freaking out,” she mentioned. “I used to be pulling up the affirmation electronic mail for the (IKEA) pickup and that is after I noticed the e-mail that I would been chosen.”
Whereas many have assumed that Muir can be going all the way in which to house, she is fast to dispel this notion (she is a science instructor, in any case).
“It is a Boeing 747 referred to as SOFIA. It flies within the stratosphere so it goes greater than common planes however it’s not really going to house,” Muir mentioned.
Nonetheless, the chance is as soon as in a lifetime.
“It’ll be superb as a result of it is received an enormous telescope on it and also you fly at evening and also you’re flying with these superb analysis scientists,” Muir mentioned. “The telescope opens up and also you get to be there whereas stay knowledge is available in.”
Muir mentioned she does not know precisely what her position can be whereas on board fairly but, however acknowledged that she’s going to “assist with no matter they need assistance with.”
Apart from her upcoming journey being an unbelievable particular person expertise, Muir is keen to take what she learns aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy and produce it again to her center college college students.
“In eighth grade science, we study gentle and sound and particularly the electromagnetic spectrum. So instructing the youngsters that not all gentle is seen with the human eye,” Muir mentioned. “This telescope really makes use of infrared or thermal vitality to gather photos and knowledge, so I am going to get to point out them a few of the discoveries made utilizing different wavelengths of sunshine moreover simply the seen gentle that the human eye can see.”
Ambassadors are also given curriculum and tools to bolster the classroom expertise after they return from a weeklong immersive coaching.
She mentioned that she hopes her expertise and instructing type will affect some college students right into a STEM profession.
“Clearly I am proud of no matter they select as a profession, but when they select STEM, it makes me joyful,” she mentioned. “The truth that I get this chance, to me, is a large thanks for doing my job and doing my job nicely.”
Muir leaves for her five-day journey on Monday, and whereas most individuals would understandably have some jitters main as much as a visit of this magnitude, Muir is able to go.
“I am probably not one to say no if I’ve a chance to do one thing,” Muir mentioned. “I would not say I am nervous, I am excited to take again what I study to my college students however I am additionally simply excited to have the expertise.”
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Utah family creates 'Giving Gallery' to spread joy of art
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah — You might have heard of little libraries in neighborhoods, but have you heard of Giving Galleries?
A family in Cottonwood Heights is using their love for art to bring joy to those around them.
On the corner of Promenade and Camino is Abigail Bradshaw.
“I’m standing next to an art gallery, my art gallery. That’s my house,” she proudly said.
Abigail is showing her tiny art gallery filled with pieces made by her family and others who want to contribute. This home used to be her great-grandmother’s.
“She was an artist, and so, I wanted to continue that legacy,” said Katie Bradshaw, Abigail’s mom. They found a box, painted it, propped it up, and filled it with tiny art. Anyone can just look at the art, pick up something they like, or put their own piece inside.
Miles Jacobsen is a friend who saw what the Bradshaws were doing and added his artwork to the box.
For people who want to make their own masterpieces, there is also a box of free art supplies in the gallery box. You can come by to pick up paint, paintbrushes, and tiny canvasses to create your own art, which you can drop off at the “giving gallery” to bring joy to someone else.
“I feel really glad that people come and get some art and put it in there,” said Abigail.
Filling the box is something Katie does with her kids.
“I hope that they can carry this with them, that they continue sharing art, no matter where they are,” she said.
Spreading joy to everyone who walks by, and letting the cycle continue.
“I want them to feel happy and glad that they got some, so they could return some back here,” added Abigail.
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Amid traffic, Utah walked to Leafs’ arena pregame
TORONTO — The Utah Hockey Club said players were forced to walk to their game against the Maple Leafs after their bus got stuck in Toronto traffic Sunday night.
The team posted a video on social media of team members walking to Scotiabank Arena, with player Maveric Lamoureux saying the bus was “not moving at all.”
Several city streets had been closed during the day for an annual Santa Claus parade.
The Maple Leafs earned their fourth consecutive win by defeating Utah 3-2.
The viral incident prompted Ontario Premier Doug Ford to call the congestion “embarrassing” and “unacceptable,” highlighting his government’s plan to address the city’s gridlock through bike lane legislation.
It wasn’t the first time a Toronto visitor had to ditch their vehicle to make it to an event on time.
In June, former One Direction band member Niall Horan had to walk through traffic to get to his concert at Scotiabank Arena.
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Utah Highway Patrol responds to your suggestions on making Utah roads safer
SALT LAKE CITY — FOX 13 News is Driven to Change and that includes bringing you reports on important topics like road rage, construction, and wrong-way drivers. During our coverage, we continually ask for any questions or concerns you may have along Utah’s roadways.
The feedback has gotten an enormous response, so FOX 13 sat down with Lieutenant Cameron Roden on Good Day Utah to help address input we have been getting, from the perspective of Utah Highway Patrol.
Speeding in Utah, there’s so much of it, and then you can sometimes say that that leads to tailgating, which may lead to road rage incidents. What are you seeing out there in terms of speed and what can we do to lessen the effects of that?
Lt. Cameron Roden: Speed is our number one thing that we see. That’s our number one traffic stop that we make, and we know that it leads to the majority of crashes in the state of Utah. So we definitely put an emphasis on speed and it does lead to other things. Not just crashes. It leads to road rage and other things .So, as far as what changes can we make, we need to start with ourselves, and really say, ‘Hey, do I have a problem?’ You know, we just need to start with ourselves and not think that it’s something else’s problem. If we slow our speeds ourselves, and then it’ll start to to catch on and people will do that speed limit. So, but the legislature has definitely taken some steps to help us address, especially the the speeds that are those excessive speeds where we have that one zero five law now that addresses those speeds and increases fines and and hopefully discourages people from those extreme speeds.
Some of our viewers talked about maybe capping some of the speed limits for truck drivers. Is that something that’s even feasible?
You know, that would be something that would have to go through that, that legislative process to see whether we that would be something that would help. But ultimately, if we we start with ourselves, hopefully that will make that change and reduce crashes and fatalities.
There are things being done to try and intervene and stop wrong-way drivers before they happen. But some of our viewers propose things like spikes. What are your thoughts on implementing something like that?
We’ve had over the last several years, a rash of wrong-way drivers, and it’ll come in onesie twos, and then we’ll go for a period of time without that. And so, but this spike over the last couple of years has caused us to to create a task force to look at wrongly driving what things can be done. And so getting all these stakeholders together between UDOT and Highway Safety, looking at what technologies and things that could be implemented, and and things like, wrong way detection cameras. Those are some things that are being actually used in the state of Utah right now to help us spot those and and advance signage, getting people to realize they’re going the wrong way and turn around. The the spike strips have actually been talked about in our task force a little bit. And if something like that would even be, it is that technology available right now. And as what we could actually implement in the state of Utah, there’s nothing that really fits the bill right now because of our environment. We have our snow plows. We have snow and things like that. Something like that really wouldn’t be practical right now.
Probably the most talked about topic that we’ve received was distracted driving, texting while driving. You went out, I saw on the UHP social media page, that you guys just driving and you look to your right and left and you can find someone texting. What kind of enforcement do we have against distracted driving specifically on your phone?
This is something that we like you said, we see it every day. We go out to crashes,and and we may suspect that a driver may be distracted. And so, it’s something that’s definitely under-reported. It’s it’s a bigger problem than than the numbers really show.And so not only do we address it during our normal patrols.Our officers are seeing it, and addressing it while they’re out there.But we’ll also do targeted patrols where the highway safety office actually gives out additional funds for that targeted enforcement, where we’ll get an unmarked vehicle. We go out driving down the roads where we try to spot these vehicles and and get them stopped because those are those are a big danger on our roadways where our attention and our focus needs to be on driving.
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