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Educational Uses
As you can see SAREX is a sub category of amateur radio, most amateur radio operators use SAREX to speak with licensed astronauts during there down time. SAREX however, can be very educational for young students from kindergarten to fifth grade involved in a program similar to young astronauts (which is a program designed in elementary schools to educate children about space and missions, pretty much the day and life of an astronaut.)depending on the type of radio that the astronauts bring on board their shuttle students may have the opportunity to communicate via video as well as ham radio.

If you are an educator and are involved in a program similar to “young astronauts” you can copy and paste the following web address into your search bar (teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/AmateurRadio/Part03.pdf),which will explain how to apply to the SAREX program in appendix A, so your students can have the opportunity of communicating with real astronauts. Not all schools are selected however, at the very least, your students will be able to listen in on astronauts. Students can ask the astronauts questions about there mission. the rest of this pdf includes worksheets and labs that would be useful for teachers instructing students about this topic.