Columbia Memorial Space Center Teacher Workshop:
Lunar and Meteorite Sample Certification
When: Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Where: Columbia Memorial Space Center, Downey, California
Target Audience: Fully credentialed teachers for grades K-12 (must show teacher ID)
Overview: NASA makes actual samples from the historic Apollo missions available to lend to teachers. You must attend this certification process to bring the excitement of real lunar rocks and regolith samples to your students. This certification also includes meteorite disks containing samples of extraterrestrial material collected from the frozen expanses of Antarctica.
After the workshop, participants are invited to experience a simulated space mission in the Challenger Learning Center from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Register online on the City of Downey's ActiveNet portal or call (562) 231-1200.
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This free workshop is for fully credentialed teachers only.
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Teachers must bring a teacher ID to the workshop.
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Preregistration is required.
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Lunch will be provided.
The Columbia Memorial Space Center is a space science learning center in the Los Angeles area dedicated to hands-on robotics, engineering, technology and science.The Center hosts a number of educator workshops throughout the year for pre-service and fully credentialed teachers taught by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory education specialists and science consultants. Visit the Center's "Teacher Resources" web page to learn more about upcoming workshops.
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