Teacher Math & Science Workshops
Supported by Space Florida & the NASA/Florida Space Grant Consortium
Space Florida & the NASA/Florida Space Grant Consortium invite Florida Teachers (Grades 4-9) to attend 5-day Workshops at the Center for Space Education, the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). These workshops provide opportunities for Florida Teachers to learn Inquiry-Based Science and Math activities for use back in the classroom. Teachers will also experience what it is like to be an aerospace scientist/engineer for a week while working on the design and building techniques required to launch a scientific payload on a weather balloon, set to soar to 100,000 feet (20 miles high) These workshops are free to Florida Teachers. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. Applications are now being accepted for these 5-day workshops, set for summer '08.
"The Florida Teachers will work on real-world science and engineering projects, exposing them to problem solving experiences and team building activities". Dr. Larry Chew, (UCF) Space Florida Education Consultant
Workshop activities (may vary depending on KSC scheduling and timelines):
- Learn inquiry-based activities that can be used in the classroom on force & motion, as well as properties of matter, energy, algebra, and geometry.
- Receive classroom supplies to conduct these activities in the classroom
- Receive 30 in-service points
- Build and test payloads for scientific weather balloons
- Build autonomous robots capable of obstacle avoidance
- Design stabilization capabilities for the payload on the scientific, weather balloon
- On-Site NASA education visits to key KSC installations
- Tour Historic Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Launch Sites
- Learn about Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
- Participate in Q&A sessions with leading KSC and CCAFS employers and scientists
- Design and launch high-powered rockets
Qualifications:Florida Teacher
Space Florida Workshop details
- The workshops are held at the Center for Space Education Labs, Kennedy Space Center
- Upcoming workshop dates will be posted on this web site
- Participants bring their own lunch
- There is no cost for workshop and shared hotel accommodations to accepted applicants
- Online application process
- Contact Ms. Emma Rader at erader@spaceflorida.gov, Tel: (321) 730- 5301, Ext. 231, Fax: (321)730-5307
- Due to KSC regulations, there is a dress code enforcement policy and a security background check will be undertaken for all accepted applicants
- Open application policy
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