Report from Headquarters
Internet Provides Cool Space Links
The Internet is overflowing with interesting, education and sometimes just silly space information. For a time-lapse history of the construction of the International Space Station, click here. For the first-ever view of Mercury from orbit around the innermost planet, click here. To see how aliens view our use of space developments, click here. To see…
Space Foundation Art Contest Winners Dazzle
The Space Foundation received more than 150 pieces of imaginative artwork created by school children from 13 states as entries in the student art contest co-sponsored by ARES Corporation, Fisher Space Pen Co. and the Space Foundation. New to the 27th National Space Symposium, the contest invited students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade to submit original artwork…
Space Foundation Seeking Artifacts
As the Space Foundation prepares to move to our new headquarters later this year, we are also actively seeking donations of space artifacts and memorabilia for our visitors center. Located near the entrance to the Garden of the Gods, a popular destination for visitors to Colorado Springs, the Space Foundation’s visitor center will also become an…
Sign Up Now for Teacher Professional Development
Teachers, sign up now to earn professional development credit and spend a week this summer in beautiful Colorado Springs. The Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum courses focus on national standards and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) principles. These full-day, week-long classes are held at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute, 105 Coleridge Ave., Colorado Springs. And…
Space Foundation Welcomes New Corporate Members
The Space Foundation’s cadre of corporate member companies has grown to 112. Corporate members choose from one of five levels of membership – which offer an increasing number of benefits per level. Key benefits include: Frequent public/industry recognition as a Space Foundation corporate member Notification of significant marketing and business development opportunities Information and reports on…
Apply for Lucy Enos Scholarship by April 15
There is still time for educators of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry or who work with pre-K-12 students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry, to apply for the Space Foundation Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship. Each year, the Space Foundation provides professional development opportunities for a qualified Hawaiian educator through the Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship, which covers tuition,…
New Scholarship for Pinellas County Educators
The Space Foundation announces a new scholarship specifically for educators in Pinellas County, Fla. The Dr. Catherine Pedretty Space Scholarship for Teachers was established by the Space Foundation on Dec. 8, 2010, to create special professional development opportunities for teachers currently teaching in the Pinellas County Schools, and especially for teachers at Dunedin High School…
Teacher Liaison Maureen Adams Wins Award
Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Maureen Adams has been awarded the Space Center Houston third annual Cherri Brinley Space Science Educator Award. The award was presented at the Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC) in Houston last month. Cherri Brinley was a Houston-area educator and space enthusiast who shared her passion for space science with students and fellow educators. She died…
Space Foundation Promotes STEM Through STARS
The Space Foundation’s education programs support teachers and PreK-12 students with standards-based curriculum that integrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) into all content areas. One of its primary outreach programs is STARS (Science, Technology and Academic Readiness for Space), a hands-on science enrichment program for students based on participant schools’ specific academic needs. From…
Internet Provides Links to Space Information
This month’s space Internet links include: A Wall Street Journal article that shows that the “next generation will not be ready to be world-class inventors, doctors and engineers;” click here Information about the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award’s namesake from BBC News; click here; to read about the award, click here 3D images of the…