Register for the NASA NPP Educator Launch Conference

Professional Development Aug. 24, 2011

This is a feature from the NASA/JPL Education Office.

NASA NPP Educator Launch Conference

Date: Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 24-25, 2011

Target audience: K-12 educators and administrators

Location: Allan Hancock College's Lompoc Valley Center, 1 Hancock Drive, Lompoc, Calif. 93436

Overview: Witness the launch of NASA's next-generation weather and Earth science mission as part of NASA's NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP), and learn about real-world Earth, atmospheric and rocket science, as well as NPP's cutting-edge satellite instrument technology.

This educational program will provide a personal tour of the NASA Mission Director Center, close-up viewing of the powerful Delta II launch vehicle on the launch pad, as well as hands-on practical educator workshops and presentations by NASA and NOAA principal investigators and other practitioners. Participants will also have the opportunity to enjoy a delicious dinner at the Vandenberg Air Force Base Officers' Club while meeting with many formal and informal STEM educators, scientists and engineers.

The NPP mission will help link the current generation of Earth-observing satellites called the Earth Observing System (EOS) to a next-generation of operational polar-orbiting environmental satellites called the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NPP's data products will help meteorologists improve weather forecasts and advance Earth and climate science. The remote-sensing instruments aboard NPP will measure the Earth's atmospheric and sea surface temperatures, humidity and pressure profiles, land and ocean biological activity and cloud and aerosol properties. NOAA meteorologists will incorporate the data into their weather and climate prediction models to produce accurate, life-saving forecasts and warnings.

For more information on the NPP program and uses in the classroom go to: http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/nppy.html . General NPP program information can be found at: http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/ .

For more information about the conference and to register online, visit http://endeavourinstitute.org/launch .

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