[NTA] FW: NPP Educator Conference in CA
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Subject: NPP Educator Conference in CA
NPP Educator Launch Conference
Oct 24-25, 2011
Register now for this exciting Conference
<http://endeavourinstitute.org/launch_conference_registration.html>
An important and unique opportunity
Targeting K-12 educators & administrators
For formal and informal education
Witness the launch of NASA's next-generation climate and weather mission.
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).
This educational program will provide a personal tour of the NASA mission
data center, close-up viewing of the powerful Delta-II launch vehicle on the
launch pad before and during launch as well as hands-on practical educator
workshops and presentations by NASA & NOAA principal investigators and other
practitioners.
Learn about real-world Earth, atmospheric, and rocket science, and NPP's
cutting-edge satellite instrument technology. All of NPP's data products
bear on understanding global change and climate science and will also help
meteorologists improve weather forecasts. The remote-sensing instruments
aboard NPP will measure the Earth's atmospheric and sea surface
temperatures, humidity sounding, 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. NPP will aslo help emergency responders
monitor and react to natural disasters.
The workshops will provide a general introduction to the NASA NPP mission
and a variety of K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
topics as well as the specific science behind the NASA NPP satellite.
Enjoy a wonderful evening of a delicious dinner at the Vandenberg Air Force
Base Officers' Club and one-on-one interfacing with many formal and informal
STEM educators, scientists, and engineers.
This may very well be the last such opportunity to witness such a launch as
the Delta-IIs are discontinued and any future vehicles will be launched from
less accessible sites.
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