Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium Newsletter for Teachers

[Irene Svete]

The Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium's electronic newsletter for
teachers provides curriculum ideas, Internet links and other resources to
help you better meet the Washington EALRs and the National Science Education
Standards.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

-- LIVE FROM MARS 2001 (K-12)
-- TELESCOPES IN EDUCATION TRAINING
-- ROCKETING TO THE FUTURE LITHOGRAPH
-- LOOKING FOR SPACE PHOTOS?
-- FREE NASA LESSONS POSTED WEEKLY (K-12)
-- JUPITER MOVIE PULLS PATTERNS OUT OF CHAOS
-- GENESIS TO CATCH A PIECE OF THE SUN (K-12)
-- WOMEN IN SCIENCE ESSAY CONTEST(9-16)

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LIVE FROM MARS 2001 (K-12)

Passport to Knowledge -- public television's longest-running series of
interactive learning adventures -- announced two new Mars-centered programs
for the 2001-2002 school year. Live From Mars 2001, will air on October 30,
2001, just days after the Odyssey mission reaches Mars orbit. The program
takes students behind the scenes for a live update on the spacecraft as it
begins to lower itself down towards Mars to begin its science mission.

Live From Mars 2002, slated to air March 19, 2002, will update viewers on
new results "just in" from Mars Odyssey, and explains how this information
will contribute to understanding the Red Planet as well as our home, the
Earth. Students will see how Odyssey's instruments use parts of the
electromagnetic spectrum beyond visible light to discover otherwise hidden
aspects of
Mars' mysterious surface. For information on how to participate, go to

http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars


TELESCOPES IN EDUCATION TRAINING

The Telescopes in Education (TIE) Program will offer a teacher training for
those who would like to link their classrooms to a remote control
research-quality telescope in California. The workshop will take place Aug.
17-18 in Santa Monica. The two-day training includes morning and
afternoon sessions with telescope and CCD camera, and an evening visit to
Mount Wilson. For information, go to

http://tie.jpl.nasa.gov/

or contact Joe Wise or Mary Cragg

jwise at kmsi.org
mcragg at earthlink.net

ROCKETING TO THE FUTURE LITHOGRAPH

The NASA educational lithograph "Rocketing to the Future-Upgrading the Space
Shuttle" is available on NASA Spacelink.  The front of the lithograph shows
the new shuttle "glass cockpit" and the back has information about upgrades
to the cockpit, fuel tank, cabin, and main engines.  "Rocketing to the
Future-Upgrading the Space Shuttle" can be downloaded from

http://spacelink.nasa.gov/products/Upgrading.the.Space.Shuttle/

LOOKING FOR SPACE PHOTOS?

GReat Images in NASA (GRIN) database is now online. This database contains
over 1,000 images -- both heavily requested and less familiar -- and is
searchable by keyword, subject, field center,
and other fields.  

The images are available in four formats:  thumbnail,small, medium, and
large. Images are suitable for everything from quick visual reference to 300
dpi high-resolution images suitable for publishing. All the images are
available electronically without charge. Please remember that some larger
images may take a bit of time to download. Visit

http://grin.hq.nasa.gov
   
FREE NASA LESSONS POSTED WEEKLY (K-12)

NASAexplores provides free weekly K-12 educational articles and lesson plans
on current NASA projects. Materials can be printed or downloaded. The
curriculum resources also meet national education standards. Visit
NASAexplores at

http://NASAexplores.com/cgi-bin/index.pl

JUPITER MOVIE PULLS PATTERNS OUT OF CHAOS

A kaleidoscopic movie made from about 1,200 Jupiter images taken by NASA's
Cassini spacecraft reveals unexpectedly persistent polar weather patterns on
the giant planet. Long-lived storms and globe-circling belts of clouds are
familiar features around Jupiter's midsection, easily seen
even in still pictures. Closer to the poles, though, still images show
widespread mottling that appears chaotic.To view the movie, go to
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/jupiter

GENESIS TO CATCH A PIECE OF THE SUN (K-12)

NASA'S robotic space explorer Genesis headed out July 31 to do a little
sunbathing. Its mission is to catch a wisp of raw material from the luminous
celestial body around which the Earth and other planets revolve. Genesis is
expected to capture about 10 to 20 micrograms of the solar wind, made up of
invisible charged particles expelled by the Sun.

Standards-based curriculum is available. High school modules focus on cosmic
chemistry; middle school includes modules on heat, the periodic table, and
origin of the solar system. For details, visit

http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov

WOMEN IN SCIENCE ESSAY CONTEST(9-16)

For its 30th anniversary, the Association for Women in Science is asking
high school students and undergraduates to envision  science in the 21st
century and women's roles in the field. The essay contest carries cash
prizes (first place, $150) and publication in the AWIS magazine.
Applications must be postmarked Nov. 9, 2001. For complete information, go
the AWIS Web site:

http://www.awis.org/30th.html

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FEEDBACK

Ideas, comments and Web sites of interest to other teachers should be sent
to Irene Svete, newsletter editor, at

isvete at geophys.washington.edu

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