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In July, teachers in the Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development course PreK-2 Early Childhood Space Exploration learned age-appropriate, hands-on STEM activities to engage very young children. Space Across the Curriculum courses are specifically designed to provide teachers with space-based content that is instantly transferable to the classroom and can be integrated across the…

The Space Foundation education team welcomed a new space education specialist in July, Jami Sunkel. Sunkel’s credentials include a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and a bachelor’s degree in health promotion and wellness from Missouri Southern State College in Joplin. Most recently she was the 7th…

Twenty honor students from Yeungjin College in Daegu, South Korea, toured the Space Foundation Discovery Center in July as part of a week-long program called Global Leaders Exploration to the United States. The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was instrumental in bringing them to Colorado Springs and to the Space Foundation for the visit.…

For the seventh consecutive year, the Space Foundation provided Space Across the Curriculum professional development courses for Charles County (Md.) Public Schools teachers during July. This year, four courses were offered through a partnership with the district. The courses and the number of teachers enrolled included: PreK-2 Early Childhood Space Exploration (21 teachers)This course provides…