Pre-Service Teacher Institute at NASA’s Langley Research Center
The Pre-Service Teacher Institute at NASA’s Langley Research Center is a two-week residential institute for college students enrolled in a school of education, preparing to teach in an elementary or middle school. The institute is held July 15-27, 2007, and is designed to increase skills in teaching mathematics and science while incorporating technology into the curriculum. Participants must attend a designated member institution listed on the Web site. Applications are due May 30, 2007.
http://research.nianet.org/pstp/index.html
NASA/Jackson State University Pre-Service Teacher Institute
The NASA Stennis Space Center and Jackson State University Pre-Service Teacher Institute is a two-week residential institute for college students preparing to teach in an elementary or middle school. The institute is held in mid-July on the JSU campus in Jackson, Miss., and is designed to increase skills in teaching mathematics and science while incorporating technology into the curriculum. Participants must attend a designated member institution listed on the Web site. Applications are due May 15, 2007.
http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/psti/psti.asp
NASA/Oakwood College Pre-Service Teacher Institute
The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and Oakwood College Pre-Service Teacher Institute is a two-week residential institute for college students preparing to teach in an elementary or middle school. The institute is held in mid-June on the Oakwood College campus in Huntsville, Ala., and is designed to increase skills in teaching mathematics and science while incorporating technology into the curriculum. Participants must attend a designated member institution listed on the Web site. Applications are due April 24, 2007.
http://education.msfc.nasa.gov/MUREP/psti.html
Pre-Service Teacher Institute at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
The Pre-Service Teacher Institute at NASA’s Johnson Space Center is a one-week residential session for Early Childhood and Elementary Education majors. The session is held in mid-May at JSC in Houston, Texas, and is designed to demonstrate methods of incorporating NASA’s cutting-edge research into lesson plans for elementary and intermediate school students. Participants must attend a designated member institution listed on the Web site. Applications are due March 23, 2007.
http://education.jsc.nasa.gov/psti
Follow Along With the Spaceward Bound! Expedition: Mojave 20
Follow along as a team of teachers studies side by side with NASA scientists who search for life in extreme environments. Working in the Mojave Desert, the teachers and scientists will perform scientific fieldwork in lunar geology, Mars astrobiology, Mars geology, and issues of temperature and solar inundation and radiation.
The expedition is planned for March 25-30, 2007, at the California State University Desert Research Station at Zzyzx, Calif. The ultimate goal of this excursion is to leverage these field expedition experiences into classroom use.
To learn more about the expedition, you may read journals and view pictures posted by the teachers as they experience this adventure. Also, log on March 28, 2007, to view a live webcast from the desert. Two webcasts are planned, one in English and one in Spanish.
For more information, visit
http://quest.nasa.gov/projects/spacewardbound/mojave2007/index.html
