From Bryan Mendez of the UC Berkeley Center for Science Education, FYI…
You are invited to apply for the Calendar in the Sky workshop on April 30-May 1, 2012 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The application is at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9GBYCFP and the deadline to apply is April 6, 2012 (acceptance notifications will be made on April 9th).
Calendar in the Sky (www.calendarinthesky.org) is a NASA-funded project led by the UC Berkeley Center for Science Education at the Space Sciences Laboratory to engage the American public, particularly Latino audiences, in NASA science (space exploration, astronomy, planetary and Earth sciences, etc.) via the broad interest in Maya culture.
This project emphasizes the interplay of science and culture embodied by Maya calendars and addresses misconceptions about the Maya. It also uses NASA resources to inform the public about the astronomical basis of the Maya calendar system and dispels misconceptions about the year 2012.
We are providing free professional development trainings for educators in informal settings to:
1) increase their familiarity in Calendar in the Sky topics and resources,
2) learn about and share best practices in public programming for Latinos in informal settings,
3) get ideas for an informal education event or program around astronomy, Maya culture and the year 2012, and
4) create opportunities for networking between participants (especially with Latino community members), allowing for future interactions and/or collaborations.
These trainings are intended for educators from a broad range of venues: museums, science centers, community leaders, parks, astronomical societies, Latino cultural or community organizations, libraries, etc. During the workshop, participants will interact with experts in NASA science and Maya astronomy and culture.
This 2-day workshop will be held April 30-May 1, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the American Museum of Natural History. Lunch and snacks will be provided. The workshop is free of charge. Travel funding is not available and we will be giving preference to local applicants
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Saturday, October 15, 2011
NASA Invites Students to Name Moon-Bound Spacecraft
The full version of this story with accompanying images is at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-311&cid=release_2011-311<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=mrKOI1OLLhILK7J&s=egIHLTMDImKXL0PIH&m=kwJ1IhMZInK5IrL>
WASHINGTON -- NASA has a class assignment for U.S. students: help the agency give the twin spacecraft headed to orbit around the moon new names.
The naming contest is open to students in kindergarten through 12th grade at schools in the United States. Entries must be submitted by teachers using an online entry form. Length of submissions can range from a short paragraph to a 500-word essay. The entry deadline is Nov. 11.
NASA's solar-powered Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-A and GRAIL-B spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. on Sept. 10 to begin a three-and-a-half-month journey to the moon. GRAIL will create a gravity map of the moon using two spacecraft that orbit at very precise distances. The mission will enable scientists to learn about the moon's internal structure and composition, and give scientists a better understanding of its origin. Accurate knowledge of the moon's gravity also could be used to help choose future landing sites.
"A NASA mission to the moon is one of the reasons why I am a scientist today," said GRAIL Principal Investigator Maria Zuber from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. "My hope is that GRAIL motivates young people today towards careers in science, math and technology. Getting involved with naming our two GRAIL spacecraft could inspire their interest not only in space exploration but in the sciences, and that's a good thing."
Zuber and former astronaut Sally Ride of Sally Ride Science in San Diego will chair the final round of judging. Sally Ride Science is the lead for GRAIL's MoonKAM program, which enables students to task cameras aboard the two GRAIL spacecraft to take close-up views of the lunar surface.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., a division of the California Institute of Technology, manages the GRAIL mission. GRAIL is part of the Discovery Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver built the spacecraft.
For contest rules and more information, visit: http://grail.nasa.gov/contest <http://grail.nasa.gov/contest>
The public can email questions to: grailcontest@jpl.nasa.gov
For more information about GRAIL, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/grail
For more information about MoonKAM, visit: https://moonkam.ucsd.edu/
DC Agle 818-393-9011
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
agle@jpl.nasa.gov
Dwayne Brown 202-358-1726
Headquarters, Washington
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov
Caroline McCall 617-253-1682
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
cmcall5@mit.edu
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WASHINGTON -- NASA has a class assignment for U.S. students: help the agency give the twin spacecraft headed to orbit around the moon new names.
The naming contest is open to students in kindergarten through 12th grade at schools in the United States. Entries must be submitted by teachers using an online entry form. Length of submissions can range from a short paragraph to a 500-word essay. The entry deadline is Nov. 11.
NASA's solar-powered Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-A and GRAIL-B spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. on Sept. 10 to begin a three-and-a-half-month journey to the moon. GRAIL will create a gravity map of the moon using two spacecraft that orbit at very precise distances. The mission will enable scientists to learn about the moon's internal structure and composition, and give scientists a better understanding of its origin. Accurate knowledge of the moon's gravity also could be used to help choose future landing sites.
"A NASA mission to the moon is one of the reasons why I am a scientist today," said GRAIL Principal Investigator Maria Zuber from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. "My hope is that GRAIL motivates young people today towards careers in science, math and technology. Getting involved with naming our two GRAIL spacecraft could inspire their interest not only in space exploration but in the sciences, and that's a good thing."
Zuber and former astronaut Sally Ride of Sally Ride Science in San Diego will chair the final round of judging. Sally Ride Science is the lead for GRAIL's MoonKAM program, which enables students to task cameras aboard the two GRAIL spacecraft to take close-up views of the lunar surface.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., a division of the California Institute of Technology, manages the GRAIL mission. GRAIL is part of the Discovery Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver built the spacecraft.
For contest rules and more information, visit: http://grail.nasa.gov/contest <http://grail.nasa.gov/contest>
The public can email questions to: grailcontest@jpl.nasa.gov
For more information about GRAIL, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/grail
For more information about MoonKAM, visit: https://moonkam.ucsd.edu/
DC Agle 818-393-9011
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
agle@jpl.nasa.gov
Dwayne Brown 202-358-1726
Headquarters, Washington
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov
Caroline McCall 617-253-1682
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
cmcall5@mit.edu
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Plants in Space
Brought to you by the National Space Biomedical Research Foundation, BioServe Space Technologies, Center for Educational Outreach at Baylor College of Medicine, and NASA. Additional support from Houston Endowment Inc. and Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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