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Prevent Blindness America Launches Most Beautiful Eyes Contest
CHICAGO, Ill. (July 18, 2011) – Prevent Blindness America, the nation’s leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight, today announced the launch of the “Most Beautiful Eyes Contest.” The contest allows children across the United States the chance to become the face of the Star Pupils program in…
Space Foundation Moves to New Headquarters
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 15, 2011) — After a decade at its former home base near Old Colorado City, the Space Foundation has relocated to new headquarters at 4425 Arrowswest Drive in the Garden of the Gods high-tech corridor, Colorado Springs. The new Space Foundation headquarters is a 45,715 square foot office condominium, and part…
Astronomy is This Week's Space Across the Curriculum Subject
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 11, 2011) — The Space Foundation’s Space Across the Curriculum professional development courses for teachers continue this week in Colorado Springs, Colo., with “Astronomy Principles for the Classroom: Exploring Our Universe and the Search for Life.” The course examines astronomy as it relates to astrobiology and the development of life on Earth. Participants…
Space Foundation is Moving to New Headquarters
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 7, 2011) — The Space Foundation is in transition to its new headquarters at 4425 Arrowswest Drive in Colorado Springs, moving from the building it has occupied for the past decade at 310 S. 14th Street. The Colorado Springs-based team will be in place at the new facility on Monday, July…
Space Foundation Student Art to Take Up Residence on the International Space Station
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 6, 2011) — Student artwork submitted to the Space Foundation Student Art Contest held in conjunction with the recent National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., will be taking a longer trip than expected when digital images of the paintings, drawings and multimedia compositions lift off to the International Space Station…
Space Watch: July 2011 (Volume: 10, Issue: 7)
The View From Here The End of an Era Spotlight STEM Activities for Early Childhood Educators Teachers Get a Fresh View of Earth Cyber Center is Ready for Teachers Teaching STEM Lessons with Rockets New Certified Educational Partner Added Find Educator Resources on the Internet See New Education Photos NASA Looking Further into Heat Pipe…
STEM Activities for Early Childhood Educators
In June, teachers in the Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum class “PreK-2 Early Childhood Space Exploration,” learned age-appropriate, hands-on STEM activities for very young children. The course focuses on national standards and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) principles that can be immediately transferred to the classroom. Activities are designed to provide Early Childhood educators…
Teachers Get a Fresh View of Earth
“I knew nothing about geology when I started this class. Now I’m ready to teach my students plate tectonics,” said Linda Martin, a middle school science teacher from Jacksonville, Fla. Martin traveled to Colorado Springs in June to attend the Space Foundation teacher professional development course, “Earth Systems Science: Planetary Geology,” the first of four Space Across the Curriculum courses…
Cyber Center is Ready for Teachers
Teachers from across the nation are descending on Colorado Springs to attend five different Space Across the Curriculum courses conducted by the Space Foundation and held at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute. Thanks to a donation from Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. the teachers attending the classes will be better able to stay connected with those back home.…
Teaching STEM Lessons with Rockets
Rockets are an effective way to teach students the fundamental processes of propulsion, Newton’s Laws of Motion and the physics of space travel. They’re also fun. Twenty teachers from four states spent a week in June at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs learning how to use rockets to excite their students about…