Report from Headquarters
Teacher Liaison Profile: Jim Oliphant
At Valley Christian High School (VCHS) in San Jose, Calif., the Applied Math Science Engineering Institute (AMSE) is leading students through a project to research, design and fabricate a plant growth science package that will soon find a place on the International Space Station (ISS). Mathematics Instructor and Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Jim Oliphant is…
Apply by Dec. 11 to be Chosen a Teacher Liaison
Apply by Dec. 11 for the Space Foundation 2011 flight of Teacher Liaisons. This will be the ninth year of this prestigious, nationally recognized program that provides an honored few educators numerous benefits and privileges, helps strengthen their teaching skills, builds resumes, and influences education at a national level. PreK-20 teachers and other professional or…
Donation Funds Robots for Education Lab
A corporate donation is the first step in establishing a new lab at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs. The donation, referred to as the “Honeywell Mars Robotic Experience,” provides robots for a future simulated Martian terrain mission laboratory incorporating student-designed-and-built robots. “The idea behind this lab is to have students build and…
Festival of Science will be Jan. 31
The second annual Space Foundation Festival of Science will be held Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m., in the gymnasium of the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy, 4220 East Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs, Colo. The purpose of the Festival is to interest middle school students and their families in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)…
Internet Offers Space Information, Entertainment
There are lots of great links to space information and entertainment on the Internet. Here’s a sampling: Hear Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham’s Nov. 12 interview on The American Entreprenuer Radio, a daily, three-hour call-in talk show hosted by Ron Morris targeted at entrepreneurs and business people. Click here. See Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D., honorary member…
Stevens Participates in Space Policy Debate
University of Colorado (CU) Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) heard experts, including Space Foundation Vice President – Marketing and Communications Janet Stevens, discuss the globalization, commercialization and politicization of space at the third annual CU Space Policy Debate last month in Boulder, Colo. The debate panel included, in addition to Stevens:…
ISU Symposium Will Focus on ISS
Each year, the International Space University (ISU) holds a three-day symposium addressing a topical theme from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. The theme for next year is The International Space Station: Maximizing the Return from Extended Operations. The interdisciplinary international forum will bring together users and providers of space-related systems to discuss opportunities and possibilities…
Space Foundation VP Achieves EMBA Degree
As head of Space Foundation education programs, Vice President – Education Iain Probert inspires young people to pursue their goals through scholastic achievement. Probert achieved his own scholastic goal this fall when was among the first to receive an International Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) – Space Administration Specialist degree from the International Space University (ISU). Probert participated…
CEO Pulham Tours Charles County Schools
Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham recently toured Charles County (Md.) Public Schools to see first-hand how the teachers are using the lessons they gained from Space Foundation Discovery Institute classes. The Space Foundation has been providing professional development classes for Charles County teachers for the past four years. Pulham said. “Education is so central to…
Space Heroes Inspire Us
An informal survey conducted this year by the Space Foundation has revealed that a wide variety of people – real and fictional – inspire us as space heroes. Astronauts get most of the spotlight and, even with the extraordinary space activity we’ve seen at the International Space Station (ISS) and in the Space Shuttle program,…