Education
Space Foundation Hosts GlobalCast with Educators in India
In July, the Space Foundation presented a GlobalCast to 90 school principals in India using the Space Foundation’s Science On a Sphere® (SOS), located at its Northrop Grumman Science Center in Colorado Springs. The principals were gathered to participate in an annual seminar and the GlobalCast was part of a presentation on space education. Space Foundation…
Space Across the Curriculum Provides STEM-based Classroom Activities for Teachers
Space Across the Curriculum courses began June 23 at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. These intensive week-long graduate-level professional development courses are for PreK-12 educators, and provides space-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) content that is instantly transferable to the classroom. All of the Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum courses…
Space Foundation Educators Named Master Teachers for NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement Mission
Three Space Foundation educators have been selected as Master Teachers for NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM). The three are: Bryan DeBates, Director – Education, and Elias Molen and Jami Sunkel, Space Education Specialists (pictured from top to bottom). GPM is an international mission that launched in early 2014 and is studying precipitation across the…
Guessing Game Proceeds Will Fund STEM Education
Hundreds Take Their Best Guess to Support the Future Workforce Attendees and visitors to the 30th Space Symposium had a chance to channel their inner mathematician, have a bit of fun and support Space Foundation STEM education programs by participating in a Guessing Game. The Space Foundation is a global leader in innovative STEM education…
Third Grade Teacher to Receive Space Foundation Scholarship
Sherry Wilkewitz, a third grade teacher at The Classical Academy (TCA) Central Campus in Colorado Springs, Colo., is the 2014 recipient of The Anna and Kathryn Probert Educator Enrichment Scholarship. The scholarship will provide Wilkewitz with tuition, materials fees, plus a $500 stipend to attend the Space Foundation’s June 23-27 Space Across the Curriculum teacher…
Space Education Teaches About Life on Earth
The Space Foundation education team spent two days at Flagstone Elementary School in the Douglas County (Colo.) School District in May, delivering STEM education activities to more than 1,200 students. The activities were designed to stimulate the students’ interest in STEM subjects – science, technology, engineering and mathematics. A full day was devoted to life…
IAF to Award Space Foundation Director – Education the Frank J. Malina Astronautics Medal
Bryan J. DeBates, Director – Education for the Space Foundation, has been named the 2014 recipient of the prestigious Frank J. Malina Astronautics Medal by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). Established in 1986, the Frank J. Malina Astronautics Medal was first presented posthumously to Sharon Christa McAuliffe, first NASA Teacher in Space. Since then, this…
Space Foundation Teacher Liaison is 2014 Recipient of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
For the second consecutive year, an educator in the Space Foundation’s international Teacher Liaison program has been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation as recipient of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. Lynne F. Zielinski, a retired physics, astronomy and space science…
Honolulu Science Teacher to Receive Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship
Cristina Veresan, a middle school science teacher, at Star of the Sea School in Honolulu, has been named the recipient of the 2014 Space Foundation Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship. She plans to use the scholarship to travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., this summer to attend the Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development…
STEM Education Comes Alive for Students Thanks to Philanthropy
More Than 1,000 Students Benefit from Donors Generosity Thanks to three generous gifts, the Space Foundation recently offered “Discover ScholarTrips,” or scholarships, to various Colorado schools to experience a field trip to the Discovery Center. Located in Colorado Springs, the Discovery Center is the region’s first and only space, science and technology attraction, offering a…