Dear Educator, Take advantage of this unique opportunity to be part of history and shape the future of education! Join us for the Teachers In Space luncheon and workshop / California 2009! Teachers In Space . . . then back to class The Space Frontier Foundation and Teachers In Space invite you to join us at NASA Ames Research Center as we make history! Fifty years after the Mercury Seven, on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, we are rebooting the American space program. This July 20th we will introduce the next generation of space explorers who will…
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Organizers- Topics Ty Buxman (S. Heart Flintridge) – Refresh Physics Knowledge Bill Layton (UCLA) – New Technology in Science Education Stephan Haas (USC) – Design In-Class Demonstrations Dean Papadakis (South Pasadena High) – Physics in the Laboratory Stephen Cronin (USC) – Science & Religion Schedule: 9:30-10:15 Secrets of Quantum Information Science (Todd Brun, USC Engineering) 10:15-11:00 The Question of Why. How do religions view science and how do scientists view religion? (Stephan Haas, USC Physics) 11:00-12:00 Science and Religion – a Buddhist Perspective (John Daishin Bukzbazen, Zen Center of Los Angeles) 12:00-1:00 Lunch (provided) 1:00-1:30 Incorporating…
This is to announce a new web page that might be of interest to California High School Physics teachers. This page considers each of the High School Physics Standards individually, with a discussion of content, demonstrations, activities, misconceptions, etc., that might be of assistance to a new physics teacher.
Residential Summer Workshops at the University of Connecticut’s School of Engineering The daVinci Project July 13-17, 2009 The UConn School of Engineering is holding its 10th annual daVinci Project. It is a week long (Mon-Fri) residential series of hands-on workshops for middle and high school science and math teachers. This year it’s being held July 13-17. Teachers live on campus and participate in one of 5 workshops (Fuel Cell-Construction and Operation, Bio-Fuels/Sustainable Energy, Nanotechnology, Bio-materials: Bones/Joints/Tissues and Water-Processes and Principles). An on-line 2009 application and more information can be accessed at http://www.engr.uconn.edu/davinci/ Registration deadline: June 26, 2009. Confirmation will be…
May 30-31, 2009 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on a 15-year mission to explore the universe. Now, just past it’s 19th birthday, it is getting a new lease on life. Space Shuttle mission STS-125 (scheduled for launch on May 11) is slated to replace and repair science instruments, computers, batteries, gyroscopes and blankets. This, the last Hubble servicing mission, should allow Hubble to operate as a fully operational enhanced astronomical observatory for many more years. At JPL we are taking this opportunity to revisit the Hubble mission and the work of JPL’s…