Upcoming Teacher Workshops: Lunar Certification, Thrill of Discovery, Periodic Table

Upcoming Teacher Workshops: Lunar Certification, Thrill of Discovery, Periodic Table
This is a feature from the NASA/JPL Education Office.

02.11.10 -- Here is a list of upcoming educator workshops.

Lunar and Meteorite Sample Certification
Feb. 19, 2011, 10 a.m. to noon

Target audience: K - 12 teachers

Location: JPL's Educator Resource Center, Pomona, CA

Overview: NASA makes real moon rocks and regolith (moon dirt) available for teachers to borrow. The samples are from NASA's historic Apollo missions. This certification workshop is required in order to bring the excitement of real lunar rocks and regolith samples to your students.

Directions and contact information: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115

Thrill of Discovery Workshop
Saturday, March 19, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Target audience: K -12 teachers and out-of-school time educators

Four locations:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
Jackson Middle School Observatory, Champlin, MN

$25 registration fee

Overview: NASA's Discovery and New Frontiers missions are traveling vast distances to find answers to age-old questions. These robotic spacecraft are celestial detectives, revealing how our solar system formed and evolved, and doing brilliant science utilizing way cool technologies.

Come celebrate NASA's Year of the Solar System and receive a great packet of resources, including your own DVD of "Space School Musical."

Complete workshop information: http://www.dawn-mission.org/discovery/thrill_of_discovery.asp

Back by popular demand:
Introduction to the Periodic Table of Elements and the Solar System
Saturday, March 19, 2011, 10 a.m. to noon

Target audience:Recommended for grades 3 and 5

Location: JPL's Educator Resource Center, Pomona, CA

Overview: Do you have trouble understanding the Periodic Table of Elements? This California standards-based workshop will teach you basic principles of what the table represents by using our solar system as an exciting basis for understanding. You will be able to use these activities as a terrific way for students to review for the fifth grade state science test. These activities are easily understood by most third graders. All teachers are welcome!

Directions and contact information: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115

More workshops offered by JPL's Education Office can be found at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=110 .


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