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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…
Read MoreSpace 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…
Read MoreSpace 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…
Read MoreSpace 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…
Read MoreThe End of an Era
Friday, July 8, is scheduled to be the final Space Shuttle launch. It is the end of an era. It is not the end of the world. I’ll be the first to say that I am not happy that the United States is going into a “blackout” period whereby we will not be able to…
Read MoreTeachers 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…
Read MoreCyber 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.…
Read MoreTeaching 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…
Read MoreNew Certified Educational Partner Added
The Space Foundation welcomes the We Want Our Future initiative as its newest Certified Educational Product partner. Launched and managed by University of Colorado graduate students and based in Boulder, Colo., the We Want Our Future initiative is a worldwide outreach project that challenges students to dream about what they want their future to look…
Read MoreSenate Armed Services Committee Passes S. 1254
On June 22, the Senate confirmed former CIA director Leon Panetta to replace Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense. Also in June, the Senate Armed Services Committee passed S. 1254, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012. In total, the bill authorizes $547 billion in base funding for the Department of Defense, $5.9 billion…
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