Education
Space Foundation Takes New Horizons to Wyoming
The Space Foundation recently took its popular New Horizons community program to elementary students in Casper, Wyoming. Bryan DeBates, Director-Education, and Elias Molen (pictured), Space Education Specialist, spent three days in Casper visiting schools to conduct space-based programs. In just three days the pair conducted hands-on programs in astronomy and rocketry to more than 1,100…
Space Foundation Presents Globalcasts to Schools Worldwide
The Space Foundation is now providing distance delivery of its space-themed education programs. Using Google Hangouts, the Space Foundation brings GlobalCasts featuring its Science On a Sphere® to schools across the country and even around the world. GlobalCasts during March included one for potential students and parents of a new space school opening in the…
Discovery Center Offers STEM Resources for Students
As the end of the school year approaches, educators are quickly scheduling excursions to the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, the region’s only space, science and technology attraction and education facility. The Center features the standards-based “Discover the Universe” program, with Science on a Sphere® (SOS) as the centerpiece of these science, technology,…
Teachers: Plan Your Summer Training Now
The Space Foundation’s Space Across the Curriculum summer courses provide teachers with a unique opportunity to develop extraordinary classroom skills, while at the same time earning credit for professional development or toward a master’s degree. These week-long intensive, graduate-level courses for PreK-12 educators provide space-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) content that is instantly…
Charles County Public Schools Renews Contract With Space Foundation for Educator Professional Development Courses
For an eighth consecutive year, Charles County Public Schools (Md.) has contracted with the Space Foundation for educator professional development courses for its teachers. For two weeks each summer, Space Foundation education professionals travel to Maryland to teach Space Across the Curriculum (SAC) courses. These intensive graduate-level courses for educators provide space-related science, technology, engineering…
Elliot Pulham to Receive Space Education Inspiration Award
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham will be honored in 2014 with the Space Education Inspiration Award, recognizing his support and promotion of space education and innovation, specifically in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The award will be presented to Pulham by the Federation of Galaxy Explorers at the 2014…
Mars Robotics Laboratory is Now Open!
The Space Foundation has opened its Mars Robotics Laboratory, located in the Discovery Center at its world headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo. The laboratory’s simulated Martian terrain offers students an opportunity to program robotic rovers to complete mission objectives individually or in teams. Missions can be run that support any part of school curriculum, including…
Lisa Bell is New Education and Discovery Sales Associate
In February, the Space Foundation welcomed Lisa Bell as Education and Discovery Sales Associate. Lisa comes to the Space Foundation with over 17 years of sales and marketing experience. Her most recent position was with Colorado Technical University, where as the Admissions Advisor/Doctorate, Inside and International, she was responsible for all phases of the student…
Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Selected into NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program
This guest article was authored by Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Kevin Tambara, who was recently selected as a member of the NITARP 2014 class. Tambara is also an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, and exemplifies the caliber of educator selected annually for the Space Foundation’s elite Teacher Liaison Program. Educators selected for the 2014 flight…
2014 International Student Art Contest Winners Announced
The 25 winners of the 2014 Space Foundation International Student Art Contest are the most globally diverse group in the contest’s history. Young artists were selected for the top slots from among more than 7,100 entries representing 54 countries, including 43 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories – the largest response…