Murrumba Schools in Space

	Left: The ABC TV Crew working with the students at Narangba Valley State High School to produce a story for 'Behind the News'.
	Left: The view inside the cage where the insects are raised. The eucalyptus leaves need to be replaced regularly.
	Left: A mature adult 'Goliath' Stick Insect, raised at Narangba Valley State High School - quite a scary thing to have on your arm!
	Left: A juvenile Stick Insect.
	Left: The new cage design for raising the stick insects.
	Left: The containers where the stick insect eggs are hatched, at Narangba Valley SHS, Murrumba District.
	Left: When the stick insects, hatch, they are added to a special breeding box - these are shown at left. The conditions must be right for these small insects to survive when being raised this way. You will note there are eucalypt leaves and water in the containers. See photo below for a close up of the juvenile stick insects.
	Left: A close up to allow you to see the stick insects on the inside of the mesh. There are no apparent differences as yet in the hatching or growth of stick insects from eggs that went to space when compared to the control sample of eggs which stayed on earth.
	Left: The teachers of Deception Bay SHS, Beachmere SS, Dakabin SHS, Kurwongbah SS, Narangba SS, Narangba Valley SHS meet at Deception Bay High School to pack their experiments in vials, ready for sealing by customs and sending to the USA.
	Left: Some of the vials - packed and ready for sending away. Behind is the experiment write-up from Narangba State School. It was necessary to receive a permit from the USA for each type of sample: Plants/seeds, soil and insect eggs so that they could be imported. For Australia, permits are also needed to export and return some of the items. For expedience and to avoid delays, the samples were sealed by customs.
	Left: The cargo bay of the shuttle Endeavour - the red ovals indicate where the school experiments were stored for the journey into space.

Download a write-up of the project experiences. (soon - a large file in .PDF format)

The work and experiences of the Australian schools in being part of the space shuttle experiments will be featured on this page, with links to other web sites where there will also be documentation of the experience.