Education
Space Foundation Participates in STEM Events at Adams State University
The Space Foundation participated in several special events open to the community in Alamosa, Colo., on Sept. 6-7 in conjunction with Adams State University (ASU)’s Zacheis Planetarium Grand Re-Opening Celebration. The activities, supported by a $3.6 million grant to ASU from the U.S. Department of Education’s Hispanic Serving Institutions STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) program, included:…
Apply Now for the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
Educators who have demonstrated a commitment to inspiring students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) may apply now to receive the 2013 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. Given annually by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation, the award recognizes outstanding contributions to…
Submit Entries for the Space Foundation Student Art Contest
The Space Foundation invites students in PreK-12th grade (or the equivalent outside the U.S.) to enter its annual student art contest. The Space Foundation’s 2013 International Student Art Contest theme If I Were Going…, challenges students to imagine how they would personally experience space travel, exploration or settlement and then interpret that idea into an original…
Space Foundation Rocks Glove Boxes
Children at the STEM Rocks! event at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., in August learned first hand – literally – from the Space Foundation how astronauts train to improve dexterity for conducting experiments and repairs in space. The Space Foundation demonstrated “glove boxes” that allowed children to try three different activities – using a…
Space Foundation Asks What If? About Aliens
The Space Foundation will teach children about the natural world at The What IF… Festival of Innovation and Imagination with an exercise in which the children “build” aliens and then have to consider the environmental forces that shaped their creatures. The festival will fill more than six square blocks of downtown Colorado Springs, Colo., from…
Photos Show Scope, Depth of Space Across the Curriculum Courses
Teachers from across the country, including educators from Alaska and Hawai’i, attended Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum courses in Colorado Springs this summer. These intensive week-long graduate-level courses for PreK-12 educators provide space-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) content that is instantly transferable to the classroom. All courses are hands-on and focus on…
Upward Bound Students Learn STEM Lessons
Space Foundation Director – Education Bryan DeBates wrote this journal of activities with Trinidad State Junior College (TSJC) Upward Bound students during July. The Space Foundation’s new partnership with Trinidad State Junior College (TSJC) in Trinidad, Colo., included several days of space activities in July for students in the college’s Upward Bound program, involving 24…
2013 Space Foundation International Student Art Contest Launches Soon
Once again, the Space Foundation invites students from around the world ages 3 to 18 to submit original artwork for its annual International Student Art Contest. The theme for 2013 is If I Were Going…. 36 Winners to be Named The contest art will be judged by a panel of artists, art professionals and instructors in…
Teachers: Send Us Your Plans for World Space Week!
World Space Week is an annual global celebration of space, and is always held Oct. 4-10. Teachers around the world will make the most of this opportunity to promote space themes in their classrooms. The Space Foundations invites educators to send us your ideas for the week. Let us know what you have planned and…
Space Across the Curriculum Concludes in Charles County, Maryland
The Space Foundation concluded its 2012 Space Across the Curriculum program in Charles County, Md., presenting several courses to teachers with Charles County Public Schools through a partnership with the district. Every summer, the Space Foundation offers Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development courses. These intensive week-long graduate-level courses for pre-k – 12 educators…