Upcoming Educator Workshops Jan. 24, 2012
This is a feature from the NASA/JPL Education Office.
These workshops are being offered on Saturdays at the NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center in Pomona, Calif. from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., please call 909-397-4420 to reserve your spot. For more information and directions, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115 For a full list of professional development workshops from NASA/JPL Education, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=110.
Periodic Table
Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Target audience:Formal and informal educators (all grades)
Location:NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center, Pomona, Calif.
Overview: Do you have trouble understanding the Periodic Table of Elements? This California standards-based workshop will teach you basic principles of what the table represents by using our solar system as an exciting basis for understanding. You will be able to use these activities as a terrific way for students to review for the fifth grade state science test. These activities are easily understood by most third grades. All educators are welcome.This workshop is being offered at the NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center located in Pomona, please call 909-397-4420 to reserve your spot.
For more information and directions, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115
Climate
Date: Saturday, April 14, 2012, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Target audience:Educators
Location:NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center, Pomona, Calif.
Overview: In this workshop teachers will get an overview of what we know about climate change and how we know it. Enjoy some simple chemistry, videos, games, and student inventions. This is a great, standards based, way to teach and inspire students to think about our impact on our environment.This workshop is being offered at the NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center located in Pomona, please call 909-397-4420 to reserve your spot.
For more information and directions, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115
Reading, Writing and Rings
Date: Saturday, May 12, 2012, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Target audience:1st through 8th grade educators (all educators are welcome)
Location:NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center, Pomona, Calif.
Overview: Cassini-Huygens Mission Writing, and Rings uses science notebooks throughout the lessons, student assessment, and a wealth of science and math integration with language arts to make this an exciting student journey! Recommended for educator grades first through eighth, all educators are welcome. This workshop is being offered at the NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center located in Pomona, please call 909-397-4420 to reserve your spot.
For more information and directions, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115
Lunar and Meteorite Sample Certification Program
Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Target audience:Educators
Location:NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center, Pomona, Calif.
Overview: This workshop is recommended for all grades in a classroom setting. NASA makes actual lunar samples from the historic Apollo missions available to lend to teachers. You must attend this certification workshop to bring the excitement of real lunar rocks and regolith samples to your students. This workshop is being offered at the NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center located in Pomona, please call 909-397-4420 to reserve your spot.
For more information and directions, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115
Deep Space Network, Physics of Sound
Date: Saturday, July 21, 2012, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Target audience:2nd through 8th grade educators
Location:NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center, Pomona, Calif.
Overview: Have you ever wondered how NASA "talks" to our various missions? In this workshop teachers will learn about NASA's Deep Space Network of dishes here on Earth. Come enjoy "center-based" lessons that illustrate how sound moves through solids, liquids and gases. This workshop is being offered at the NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center located in Pomona, please call 909-397-4420 to reserve your spot.
For more information and directions, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115
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