Education
Space Foundation Promotes STEAM at Mississippi State University
Space Foundation Chief Operating Officer Shelli Brunswick (pictured) and Vice President – Education Bryan DeBates were invited by Mississippi State University (MSU) to speak at the campus in April as part of its Distinguished Speakers Series. They were invited by MSU’s Women in Aerospace chapter. Brunswick is chair of the Board of the Directors for…
Virtual Field Trip-Seoul, StellarXplorers, Community Events and Raspberry Pi
The Space Foundation delivers its STEM and STEAM education outreach programs at its Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, through in-person school visits across the U.S. and virtually to schools around the world. One of the education highlights during April was a Virtual Field Trip for the Dwight School in Seoul, South Korea. This is the…
Battelle Grant to Enhance New Underwater Education Lab
Thousands of students will benefit from Battelle’s generosity A grant from Battelle will inspire the next generation of engineers, scientists, and technology professionals through the creation of a STEM-integrated, standards-based education opportunity at the Space Foundation’s Discovery Center. Battelle, whose education mission is “to inspire and prepare the next generation of STEM leaders to advance…
Teaching 3D Printing for Fun and Future Job Skills
by Elias Molen, Space Foundation Manager – Space Education Thanks to a grant from the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, the Space Foundation was recently able to present a teacher professional development course on 3D printing, attended by teachers from the Colorado Springs and Pueblo areas. The teachers learned that while the 3D printing process is…
Celebrating Space Night at the Discovery Center
by Carah Barbarick, Space Foundation Space Education Specialist Manitou Springs Elementary School hosted its third annual Space Night at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs in March, bringing more than 350 students and family members to celebrate all things space. This year’s Space Night was a culmination of the 3rd grade students…
Eighth Grade Science Teacher is 2017 Recipient of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
Ashlie Blackstone Smith, an eighth grade physical science teacher at Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls, in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation as recipient of the 2017 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. The award is given…
How Will Your Children Spend the Summer?
Why send your children to camp this summer, when you can give them an Explore Space Experience? Registration is open now to enroll children ages 9 to 14 years in the Space Foundation’s all-day summer programs. Your future explorers will enjoy a variety of hands-on, immersive activities and experiences based on space and science, technology,…
STEM Tinkering at the Space Foundation Discovery Center
This month, the Space Foundation Discovery Center will offer several events for the young and young-at-heart to engage their creativity and engineering skills. Space Foundation Vice President Bryan DeBates explained the value of tinkering and why a month’s worth of activities at the Discovery Center are dedicated to this theme. “The Space Foundation’s mission, at…
Teacher Liaison Program Adds 28 Educators, Including Teachers from Ethiopia, Guam, Kenya and Portugal
The Space Foundation continues to grow international participation in its Teacher Liaison program, which now includes one educator each from Australia, Ethiopia, Guam, Kenya and Portugal, plus 26 educators from India, bringing the total number of international Teacher Liaisons to 31. For 2017, the Space Foundation has added 28 new Teacher Liaisons, bringing the total…
Space in the Community Returns to Tulsa
The Space Foundation education team returned to Tulsa, Okla., just nine months after delivering a Space in the Community program to more than 5,000 students there. They were invited back after the success of the program at Tulsa-area schools last May. The team spent the last week of January delivering more hands-on STEM activities, teacher…