Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 09:25:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Deborah Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu>
To: IFI listservs <advanced1@exploratorium.edu>, intro1@exploratorium.edu,
Subject: National Space Day materials
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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 22:39:51 GMT
From: Jeff Goldstein <JGoldstein@challenger.org>
To: ISEN-ASTC-L@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
Subject: Fwd: REMINDER - forward to list servers
Following is information on free educational materials available from
Challenger Center as part of the nationwide Embrace Space initiative and
national Space Day, May 22.
Please forward this information to any educator list servers you use and/or
use it to post information and links on your website.
If you would like information about how your organization can get involved
with the Embrace Space initiative, please contact me at your convenience.
Thank you for any assistance you can provide is helping us promote scientific
literacy,
Daniel A. La Bry
Vice President, Program Innovations
(703) 683-9740
dlabry@challenger.org
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ATTENTION WEBMASTERS
If you would like to create a link to the Embrace Space information, please
use the following addresses:
Embrace Space Information
http://www.challenger.org/embrace.html
Electronic Field Trip Information & Online Registration
http://www.challenger.org/eft.html
The official Embrace Space Website
http://www.spaceday.com
Also feel free to also get a copy of the Embrace Space logo and/or The Theory
of Wow! logo from Challenger Center OnLine (www.challenger.org) to use on
your site for any links.
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April 30, 1997
Dear Colleague,
Thanks for all the enthusiastic calls and inquiries about Space Day and the
national Embrace Space initiative. As May 22 draws closer ... the number of
phone calls and e-mails we're getting is definitely on the rise.
Many of you have spoken with Dr. Jeff Goldstein, our Director of Space
Science Research, or myself or another Challenger Center team member over the
past few weeks. To try and answer everyone's questions (or maybe create more
questions) we've put together this brief packet of information for you to use
as you deem appropriate.
We could really use some help in just spreading the word about the free
educational materials and programs that are available for your organizations
to participate in Space Day, especially The Theory of Wow! A Kid-Size
Exploration of the Solar System - the free electronic field trip being
broadcast on May 22.
If you have any fax distributions, electronic newsletters or Internet list
servers, we would appreciate any added boost that you can provide. Following
this note you'll find:
* an overview of the educational materials and activities,
* registration information for The Theory of Wow! (visit
http://www.challenger.org/eft.html), and
* an "advance" peek inside the Teacher Guide for the electronic field trip
(if you received this electronically, please call me if you would like a
copy).
For those of you who haven't heard about Space Day or the Embrace Space
initiative ... not to worry! This is the first year of the initiative and it
was just launched in February. Challenger Center is serving as the primary
educational partner and is already working on additional educational
materials which will be made available throughout the year. (Check out
Teacher's Space and 101 Things at www.spaceday.com, as well as Challenger
Center OnLine at www.challenger.org)
One of the underlying goals for the first year of this ongoing initiative is
to identify other organizations which would be interested in becoming an
Embrace Space partner. If you would like more information about how your
group can Embrace Space during the upcoming 1997-98 school year, please give
me a call at (703) 683-9740 or e-mail me at dlabry@challenger.org.
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EMBRACE SPACE OVERVIEW
As the primary educational partner for the Embrace Space initiative and the
Space Day celebration, Challenger Center for Space Science Education is
spearheading several educational initiatives:
* free educational activities provided online and at major educational
conferences;
* a free Space Day electronic field trip broadcast across the country on May
22, 1997;
* a classroom Solar System activity kit released in fall 1997; and
* a school-wide educational simulation program introduced in spring 1998.
These educational programs are made possible through a partnership with
Lockheed Martin. For more information on these programs as their release
dates approach, please visit www.challenger.org and www.spaceday.com (the
offical Embrace Space website).
EMBRACE SPACE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
While thousands of Embrace Space educational activities have already been
distributed on back of special Space Day posters and as handouts at several
educational conferences and at various sites around the country, the
activities are all available as downloadable files on the www.spaceday.com
and www.challenger.org websites. The materials may be copied and distributed
to teachers for individual classroom use. The activities include a scale
model Solar System, a space exploration timeline, a reference guide for
upcoming space missions and a brainstorming activity. Each is meant to
provide fun, easy activities to allow anyone to join millions of other
students celebrating Space Day across the country.
FREE ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIP CELEBRATING SPACE DAY, MAY 22
To help students realize how bib BIG really is, Challenger Center and Fairfax
Network have teamed up to give them a tour of the Solar System with
well-known astrophysicist Dr. Jeff Goldstein. Based on Jeff's "How big is
big?" presentation which has been given at numerous educational conferences,
school assemblies and at the National Air & Space Museum, The Theory of Wow!
A Kid-Size Exploration of the Solar System will give millions of students
across the country a chance to discover the "awe" in awesome! For
registration information call the Fairfax Network at (703) 503-7492 or visit
Challenger Center OnLine at www.challenger.org.
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What is Space Day ... and Embrace Space?
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy challenged the brightest minds in
America to land a man on the Moon and return him safely. That speech and
resulting space program inspired many of our nation's youth to pursue science
and math careers.
Those young people who were so inspired in the 1960s to become our nation's
scientists and engineers are now trying to pass along that same inspiration
to the next generation of scientists and engineers. That is the essence of
the Embrace Space initiative - to share the American spirit of exploration
and its success, the type of spirit which can motivate children to pursue a
career in science.
Launched by Lockheed Martin in early 1997, more than 15 professional and
educational organizations have already joined the Embrace Space team. The May
22, 1997, Space Day activities are serving as a rally call to get additional
organizations and companies involved to expand the educational initiatives
for 1998.
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Following is a complete list of the organizations and specific individuals
who received the initial distribution. For a list of those organizations
which have become Embrace Space partners, please visit
http://www.challenger.org/embrace.html
FAX DISTRIBUTION:
National Association of Elementary School Principals, June Million, 548-6021
The Council for Exceptional Children, Linda Voyles, 620-4334
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Scott Willis,
549-3891
National Middle School Association, April Tibbles (per Jeff Ward),
614-895-4750
National Alliance of Black School Educators, Earnest Roseman, 202-483-8323
National Black Child Development Institute, Donna Lewis Johnson, 202-234-1738
National Catholic Educational Association, Devon Villa, 202-333-6706
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse, Richard Douglas, 614-292-2066
National Space Society, Karen Rugg, 202-546-4189
National Science Teachers Association, Wendell Mohling, 522-5413
4-H Aerospace Education, Tony Cook, 334-844-9650
Young Astronaut Council, Cecilia Blalock, 202-775-1773
JASON Foundation, Timothy Armour, 617-487-9999
Civil Air Patrol, Doug Isaacson, 334-953-6699
Rochester Institute of Technology, Carol O'Leary, 716-475-5595
TCI Cable in the Classroom, Suzi Balestra, 209-383-0497
School District 11, Board of Education, Bruce Doyle, 719-473-8108
FASE Productions, Racquel Skolnik, 213-965-0608
ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION:
USA Today Classline, Rick Allen, rallen@usatoday.gannett.com
Discovery Channel School, Hunter Williams, Hunter_Williams@discovery.com
National Space Society, Glenn Heinmiller, glennlaser@aol.com
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse, Richard Douglas, douglass13@osu.edu
Space Science Telescope Institute, Flavio Mendez, mendez@stsci.edu
National Science & Technology Council, Angela Phillips Diaz,
APhillip@ostp.eop.gov
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, Marilyn Schlief,
marilyn500@aol.com
Lunar & Planetary Institute, Pam Thompson, thompson@lpi.jsc.nasa.gov
Outer Orbit, Barbara Sprungman, bsprungman@delphi.com
UH-Clear Lake, Steve Rakow, rakow@uhcl4.cl.uh.edu
Family Education Network, drandall@familyeducation.com