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When the families of the astronauts who died in the Challenger
disaster set up a memorial for their loved ones, they decided to create a
center where teachers could come to learn about space exploration and the
use of technology in education. The Astronauts Memorial Foundation built
classrooms at the Kennedy Space Center and offered programs designed to improve
science and technology education for teachers As a part of the
Instructional Technology Certificate program at Duquesne, Mrs. Ravenstahl
and Mrs. Huth attended classes at the Foundation
this summer and designed projects for each grade level that would share information
about space exploration and utilize a wide variety of technological techniques.
The projects are based on Standard 4 of International Society for Technology
Education - Students will use a variety of media and formats to
communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.
Below is a list of the projects and media each grade level
will be developing:
Great Web sites for Blasting Off
to Learning!!
Space Suits
Pioneers and astronauts- Space wardrobe & Space suits
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
Earth Pictures
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/earth.html
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/teachers_images.htm
Planet Pictures
Solar system
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/intro.html
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
Shuttle Preparation and Tour of Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/visit/kscovrespve.htm
Timeline for Moon Landing
Space Flight Archives
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/
Star Seekers
Click here for Star Seekers Project
General Information
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
http://education.nasa.gov/students1.html
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Mrs. Ravenstahl and Mrs. Huth have been attending the Technology Certificate graduate program at Duquesne under the auspices of the Heinz Grant and are sharing what they have learned with the children in their classes and the teachers in a series of six in-service workshops and after school individual tutorials. We are all very grateful to Heinz for this wonderful opportunity to enrich and accelerate our technology integration.