Preparing future teachers in science education? Please join us for
for community college and university faculty and graduate students instructing future teachers
Final Institute: at ASTE in Clearwater Beach, FL, January 3-4, 2012
Discover, develop, and share inquiry-based tools using Earth and space science data to engage future teachers in science.
NASA scientists share current Earth and space science research.
This workshop is full. For future faculty workshops,
please contact Dr. Tim Slater.
This free two-day workshop is to assist university and community college faculty in preparing future teachers in science education. NASA Earth and space scientists and educators share authentic inquiry activities, data, and resources related to key topics from the national science standards.
The theme for this final institute will be Our Solar System in a New Light.
Participants receive a $300 stipend and lunches, and develop implementation plans.
FINESSE Institutes will be implemented by a team of Earth and space science education specialists, including:
Lin Chambers, Director, MY NASA DATA Project, NASA Langley Research Center
Rick Pomeroy, Lecturer/Supervisor,
Science Teacher Education,
School of Education,
University of California, Davis
Greg Schultz,
Director of Education, Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Stephanie Shipp,
Manager, Education and Public Outreach,
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Christine Shupla,
Education Specialist ,
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Stephanie Slater,
Assistant Professor, Cognition in Astronomy,
Physics, and Earth sciences Research (CAPER)
Team, University of Wyoming
Timothy F. Slater,
Excellence in Higher Education Endowed Professor,
Cognition in Astronomy, Physics, and Earth sciences
Research (CAPER) Team, University of Wyoming
Denise Smith,
Manager, Special Projects,
Office of Public Outreach,
Space Telescope Science Institute
Debra Stork,
Assistant Professor of Education,
Science Education,
University of Dubuque
William Waller,
Eureka Scientific and Massachussetts Space Grant Consortium
For more information, contact:
Christine Shupla
Lunar and Planetary Institute
3600 Bay Area Boulevard
Houston, TX 77058
281-486-2135
shupla@lpi.usra.edu
