Robert 'Bobby' Gagnon

Bobby Gagnon is responsible for development and implementation of curriculum and education programs that support science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This includes curriculum design, development of unit and daily lesson plans, technology integration, teaching strategies, teacher and student presentations and other cross-curriculum collaboration. He conducts a number of student and teacher workshops including the Space Foundation's Space Across the Curriculum courses and the Science, Technology and Academic Readiness for Space (STARS) student science enrichment program. Gagnon also facilitates the Teacher Liaison program, which is designed to bring top teachers together from across the country.  Additionally, he works to promote space education efforts through school faculty presentations and at local, state and national conferences including the National Space Symposium.

Prior to joining the Space Foundation, Gagnon taught 4th grade at Explorer Elementary and 3rd grade at Longfellow Elementary, both in Colorado Springs. He has been honored for achievement in the field of education with a variety of awards, including a Challenger in Education award presented by the University of Northern Colorado. Before joining the Space Foundation, Gagnon was inducted as a Teacher Liaison for Flight 5-08, and he has participated in the Zero-G Weightless Flights of Discovery. He was also invited by NASA and the Space Foundation to visit Kennedy Space Center for a special tour of the facility prior to the launch of STS-118, which sent the first educator astronaut, Barbara Morgan, into space.

Gagnon earned a bachelor's degree in psychology/elementary education from the University of Northern Colorado and a master's in curriculum and Instruction degree with an emphasis in space studies from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.