A wide range of educator workshops are being offered this summer by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and deadlines are coming up soon.
Classes will continue to be added over the summer so check this page for updates: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=110 .
Educator Workshop: Water Cycle, Ocean Circulation and Climate
Friday, June 3 and Saturday, June 4, 2011
Target audience: K – 12 educators
Location: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Overview: To celebrate the upcoming launch of the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite, a free workshop will highlight Aquarius' advanced
technologies that will make NASA's first space-based measurements of ocean salinity across the globe – an important observation
for ocean and climate studies.
NOTE: Applications are due Friday, May 6.
More information: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=266
Educator Workshop: Mass versus Weight
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Target audience: Teachers, grades 5 – 8
Location: JPL's Educator Resource Center, Pomona, CA
Overview: Students often confuse the terms "mass" and "weight" and use them interchangeably even though they have very
different meanings. Each activity in the Mass vs. Weight series demonstrates the difference between mass and weight by
comparing results with video clips filmed by astronauts performing similar activities onboard the International Space Station.
Students perform the activities in the classroom, record, analyze and interpret their data.
Please call the Educator Resource Center to register: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115
Educator Workshop: Deep Space Network and the Physics of Sound
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Target audience: Teachers, grades 2 – 8
Location: JPL's Educator Resource Center, Pomona, CA
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.
Please call the Educator Resource Center to register: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115
Through the Eyes of a Scientist Workshop
Saturday, July 27, 2011, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Target audience: Teachers, grades 2 – 6
Location: JPL's Educator Resource Center, Pomona, CA
Overview: The workshop will feature the curricular unit about NASA/JPL geologist Robert Anderson. With activities and text,
you will be guided through a comparison of Earth's Grand Canyon and Valles Marineris, a 3,000 mile canyon on Mars. This
Earth science workshop will be presented by Dr. Art Hammon.
Here is a video profile of Bob Anderson: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/video-view.cfm?Vid_ID=1024 .
Please call the Educator Resource Center to register: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115
Teachers Touch the Sky: An Astronomy Workshop
August 8 – 12, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Target audience: Teachers grades 3 – 9
Location: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Overview: During this one-week workshop, teachers will be walked through hands-on activities that are all based on current
projects in astronomy and space science at the Jet Propulsion Lab, focusing on NASA's current Dawn Mission to the asteroid Vesta.
Complete information/application: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=273
Overview: During this one-week workshop, teachers will be walked through hands-on activities that are all based on current
projects in astronomy and space science at the Jet Propulsion Lab, focusing on NASA's current Dawn Mission to the asteroid Vesta.
Complete information/application: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=273
