Free Download of Educator Astronaut Poster Now Available

The Educational Materials section of NASA’s Web site offers classroom activities, educator guides, posters and other types of resources that are available for use in the classroom. Materials are listed by type, grade level and subject. A new item is now available in the Posters section of the Educational Materials area.

Barbara Morgan, Educator Astronaut Poster
Educator Astronaut Barbara Morgan makes her first spaceflight on STS-118. Educator Astronauts are teachers with expertise in K-12 classrooms who are selected by NASA to become fully qualified astronauts. With their backgrounds, they will help lead NASA in the development of new ways to connect space exploration with the classroom and to inspire the next generation of explorers. The back of the poster lists information for teachers on how and where to obtain NASA resources.

Download the Barbara Morgan, Educator Astronaut poster from the following location:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Barbara_Morgan_Poster.html

Sally Ride Science STS-118 Educator Institute at the San Diego Air & Space Museum

Sally Ride Science, in partnership with Northrop Grumman and NASA, is offering an Educator Institute on August 4, 2007, at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in San Diego, Calif. This one-day professional development program for upper elementary and middle school science teachers will focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. The institute will include presentations about the STS-118 mission and first Educator Astronaut Barbara Morgan, hands-on workshops, and a keynote address by a NASA astronaut.

For more information and to register online, visit: http://www.sallyrideeducators.com/