http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/ Earth and Space Science News for Educators en-us webmaster@lpi.usra.edu (LPI Webmaster) Copyright 2013, Lunar and Planetary Institute Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:05:00 CDT http://www.lpi.usra.edu/images/lpi_logo_sm.gif http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/ 3553 1440 01234561920212223 SaturdaySunday http://earthsky.org/tonight/solstice-brings-northernmost-sunset http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?calendar=120 http://spaceweather.com/glossary/aphelion.html http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?calendar=123 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LADEE/main/index.html http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?calendar=121 http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide#perseids http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?calendar=122 http://earthsky.org/space/big-sun-diving-comet-ison-might-be-spectacular-in-2013 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?calendar=124 http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/about/sequestration-NASA-education-guidance.html NASA has taken the first steps in addressing the mandatory spending cuts called for in the Budget Control Act of 2011. The law mandates a series of across-the-board spending reductions. As a result, NASA has implemented a number of new cost-saving measures, policies, and reviews. This may affect the status of some NASA-funded educational workshops, events, and material development this year. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1400 http://www.brookhavencollege.edu/geotech/education.aspx Brookhaven College Geotechnology Institute in Dallas is offering a varity of summer workshops and fieldtrips for teachers. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1377 http://astrosociety.org/education/k12-educators/galileo-teacher-training-program/ Galileo Looks Beyond to Other Worlds is a hands-on workshop on Earth and Space Science for teachers grades 3-12. It will be held at San Jose State University, July 20-21. A limited number of scholarships are available for California teachers to attend; deadline for application is June 24. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1376 http://astrosociety.org/education/asp-annual-meeting/ July 20-24, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific holds its annual conference for astronomy education and EPO professionals. Via workshops, lectures, panels, discussions, and exhibits, more than 300 specialists across the science spectrum collaborate to explore best practices, research findings, trends, and professional development opportunities. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1356 http://www.smdeponews.org/programs-events/a-day-at-goddard-opportunity-for-dc-metro-teachers-grades-8-12-14/ Teachers in the DC Metro area are invited to bring their students to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for a day spent learning what it is like to work for NASA. Programs are highly customizable, teacher-friendly and are designed for grades 8-12. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1380 http://lasp.colorado.edu/maven/goingtomars/ All adults (on behalf of themselves or their children) are invited to enter their names and to submit a haiku poem for a contest. The names and selected poem will be added to a DVD which will be sent to the Red Planet aboard the MAVEN spacecraft. Deadline: July 1. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1372 http://cleanet.org/index.html The CLEAN program offers a digital collection of teaching materials and supporting materials for teaching about climate and energy. The collection includes 500 annotated online activities, videos, and visualizations on climate and energy for grades 6 - 16, and more. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1388 http://www.hhmi.org/news/20130131.html With EarthViewer, a free new interactive app for iPad, users can explore the Earth's history with the touch of a finger by scrolling through 4.5 billion years of geological evolution. The app tracks the planet's continental shifts, compares changes in climate as far back as the planet's origin, and explores the Earth's biodiversity over the last 540 million years. It combines visual analysis with hard data. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1386 http://www.smdeponews.org/educational-resources/spacemathnasa-new-math-guides/ Four new math guides have been released by SpaceMath@NASA: Exploring the Lunar Surface (Grades 3-5), Exploring Planetary Moons (Grades 3-6), Exploring Stars in the Milky Way (Grades 6-8), and Exploring the Milky Way (Grades 6-8). http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1383 http://www.universetoday.com/95561/stunning-visualization-of-56-years-of-tornadoes-in-the-us/ Using information from data.gov, tech blogger John Nelson has created this spectacular image of tornado paths in the US over a 56 year period. The graphic categorizes the storms by F-scale with the brighter neon lines representing more violent storms. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1051 http://smdepo.org/node/5214 The Administration?s proposed FY14 budget could signify many changes for NASA's science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education efforts. The President?s proposed STEM Consolidation Initiative will consolidate 220 STEM programs that currently exist in 13 government agencies and reorganize the approach of federal agencies to STEM education. In the proposed budget NASA?s overall education budget is reduced by 49 million dollars (33%), and all education efforts are consolidated under NASA?s Office of Education. Science Mission Directorate (SMD) education and outreach funds are eliminated, individual science mission budgets are reduced, reflecting elimination of education and outreach funds, and SMD is directed to no longer fund any education efforts. This would impact the NASA-funded educational workshops, events, and resources created in FY2014. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1401 http://www.universetoday.com/101272/hydrogen-peroxide-could-feed-life-on-europa Jupiter's moon Europa has an ocean of water beneath its icy crust; new observations show that it also has hydrogen peroxide across much of the surface of its leading hemisphere. This compound could potentially provide energy for life. The peroxide is created by interactions of Jupiter's magnetic field with Europa's surface ice. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1394 http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/18apr_habitablezone/ NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water. Scientists do not know whether life could exist on the newfound planets, but their discovery signals we are another step closer to finding a world similar to Earth around a star like our sun. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=1390 http://www.universetoday.com/93265/potential-goldilocks-planet-found/ A new-found planet is in a "just-right" location around its star where liquid water could possibly exist on the planet?s surface. A team of international astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star in a habitable zone, where it isn?t too hot or too cold for liquid water to exist. The team said this discovery demonstrates that habitable planets could form in a greater variety of environments than previously believed. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=941 http://www.universetoday.com/83608/meteorites-may-have-delivered-first-ammonia-for-life-on-earth/ Researchers have teased ammonia of a carbon-containing meteorite from Antarctica, and propose that meteorites may have delivered that essential ingredient for life to an early Earth. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/?article=623