[astronomyed] [Fwd: Register Today for New Challenge from NASA Quest and Upcoming NSTA/NASA Symposia and Web Seminars]

  • From: Mary-Frances Bartels <ki0dz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: astronomyed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:28:43 -0400


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  • From: "NASA Education" <education@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: ki0dz@xxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:01:33 -0400
NASA Quest Announces the HiRISE Image Targeting Challenge

Help NASA on the quest for signs of water on the Red Planet.

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera now orbiting Mars
is helping NASA search for signs of water on Mars. Students are invited
to help choose regions of Mars for HiRISE to image. The HiRISE team
will pick several suggestions and image them with the camera in the
coming months. The participants will represent the first people on
Earth to see the resulting image and will have the chance to search for
signs of water in the image.

Background information, teacher guides, student activity books and
tutorials are available online to help students choose a region.
Interested teachers and students are encouraged to register online to
receive more information about how to participate.

Initial hypotheses are due March 23, 2008.

For more information, visit http://quest.nasa.gov/challenges/hirise/


Register Today for Upcoming NASA/NSTA Symposia and Web Seminars

Join NASA and NSTA for two symposia for elementary, middle and high
school educators. These NASA symposia are blended professional
development opportunities. They include a face-to-face workshop at the
National Conference on Science Education in Boston, Mass., followed by
two NSTA Web Seminars to extend the interaction between the
participants and the NASA presenters. Symposia attendees must register
for the conference.

21st Century Explorer -- Today s Knowledge for Tomorrow s Explorer

NASA and NSTA are partnering to present a symposium for elementary
educators of grades 3-5. Each participant will be exposed to the NASA
21st Century Explorer project.

Symposium participants will be introduced to the 12 hands-on scientific
exploration activities that are part of the project and conduct one
during the workshop. Each of these activities promotes higher-order
thinking skills and expands the space exploration knowledge base of the
bilingual educator, learner and family. The 12 educational packages
also provide career connections. These connections introduce students
to the subject matter experts who helped create each of the science
concepts for the hands-on activities and provide a link to the specific
researcher, scientist or engineer. Participants will also have an
opportunity to participate in an assessment of the project by providing
educator-based comments for improvement of the activities.

All participants will receive educational materials written in English
and Spanish and information about resources at NASA. A drawing for
prizes will be held at the end of the program. Graduate credit may be
available at an additional cost to participants.

This symposium will take place on March 27, 2008, from 1:30 p.m.-6:00
p.m. in Room 257A of the Boston Convention Center. NASA will provide a
stipend of $60 to all participants attending this symposium upon its
completion.

For more information about this symposium, visit http://
learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/boston08/
NASA-Explorers/symposium.aspx


Mapping the Moon: Simulating LOLA in the Classroom

NASA and NSTA are partnering to present a symposium for elementary,
middle and high school educators of grades 4-12. The Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter, scheduled to launch in October 2008, will carry
the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter. LOLA will produce topographic maps
of the moon.

In this symposium, participants will learn how to create a topographic
map and use it to determine the path a robot will traverse through
Lunar Land, a 150-centimeter-square mock-up of a surface with obstacles
of various heights. This experience engages participants in an activity
analogous to that which real lunar scientists might do. Along with
other possibilities, the activity offers an opportunity to discuss
lunar science, fundamentals of measurement (including measurement
uncertainty), spatial resolution in the context of remote sensing, and
graphical representation and analysis of data.

All participants will receive educational materials and information
about resources at NASA. A drawing for prizes will take place at the
end of the program. Graduate credit may be available at an additional
cost to participants.

This symposium will take place on March 28, 2008, from 1:30 p.m.-6:00
p.m. in Room 257A of the Boston Convention Center. NASA will provide a
stipend of $60 to all participants attending this symposium upon its
completion.

For more information about this symposium, visit http://
learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/boston08/
NASA-Mapping/symposium.aspx.


If you have questions about the symposia, please e-mail your inquiries
to symposia@xxxxxxxxx



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