************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** From: "Linda B. Conrad" <lconrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <nasaquest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:03:35 -0800 Subject: [NASA Quest Discuss] National Engineers Week Coming Soon! It's time to participate in National Engineers Week: February 16 - 22! NASA Quest will be hosting two Webcasts during E-Week, where students and classrooms from across the country can have interactive discussions with NASA engineers on February 18th & 20th at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time. Each webcast is one hour long. To learn more about E-Week, use the lesson plans and research data base of NASA Engineers visit our website at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/events/eweek/index2003.html or join the webcast from the calendar at: http://quest.nasa.gov/calendar . Also, this from JPL: Through a partnership between the Mars Exploration Program and NASA's Robotics Education Project, we would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming "Women Working on Mars: Engineering on the Red Planet" webcast on Wednesday, February 19th at 6:00 p.m. Pacific. *********************************************************** TECHNOLOGY AND THE PERFORMING ARTS Would you like to give your teachers a resource where they can find out how to integrate the Internet with General Performing, Cool Stuff, Dance, Theater, Circus, Costumes, Vaudeville / Burlesque, Playground / Amusements, and Special Events / Festivals <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Arts/resources2.html> ********************************************************** In support of National Engineer's Week, this 40-minute presentation will highlight JPL engineers who design, build and test robots destined for Mars! Through videos of the engineers in their work environment, and a live discussion led by audience questions, the engineers will share the excitement of Mars exploration and illustrate that a career in engineering is possible for any creative young man or woman with interest and ability in science and math. Schools, museums and the general public are invited to participate by submitting e-mail questions about Mars, robotics or engineering to marsoutreach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Please title the subject line "webcast." Questions may be sent in real-time or in advance. So, please join us at http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/video/webcast20030219.html on Wednesday, February 19th to learn more about Mars, robotics and what a career in engineering really looks like! -- Linda B. Conrad NASA Quest Quantum Services NASA-Ames Research Center MS 226-8 Moffet Field, CA 94035-1000 Vox (650) 604-1519 Fax (650) 604-4-6485 Email: lconrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://quest.nasa.gov/ __________ __________ __________ For upcoming NASA Quest Events, please visit the NASA Quest Calendar at: http://quest.nasa.gov/calendar ************************************************************** The Net Happenings mailing list is a service of Educational CyberPlayGround - http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** Linking and Announcements For Net Happenings are provided by http://www.EricWard.com and http://www.URLwire.com ************************************************************** If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, or would like to sponsor the Net Happenings service - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html> Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Change Email Preferences - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NetHappenings.html> **************************************************************