The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Education Office will hold a summer professional development workshop for up to ten middle school teachers of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and/or Geography (STEM-G). Teams of 2-3 teachers from the same school are invited to GSFC for 5 days from July 30 – August 3, 2007.

Teacher teams will work with a different GSFC scientist or engineer each morning to learn about his/her career and area(s) of expertise as they relate to STEM-G curricula and the themes of the STS-118 mission—the first flight of an Educator Astronaut. During the afternoon, each team will develop a classroom activity or project that incorporates the knowledge gained from the scientist or engineer in order to provide real life examples of applications to STEM-G middle school curricula.

Throughout the 2007-08 school year, team members will implement all five of the activities or projects developed in one or more of their classes as appropriate and provide an evaluation of the effectiveness of the activity/project in teaching the Standards-based content in their teaching field.

Each team member will be provided with a stipend of $150 per day after the conclusion of the workshop. Teacher participants who are not within daily commuting distance from GSFC will be responsible for their own living expenses and travel to and from the Center each day.

Contact Carolyn Harden directly. Phone: 301-286-2774 or e-mail
Carolyn.S.Harden.1@gsfc.nasa.gov