MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Contact: Mary Beth Murrill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOct. 5, 1998
STARDUST COMET MISSION EDUCATOR FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE
Educators are invited to apply for 15 new fellowships
offered by NASA's Stardust comet sample return mission, which is
managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
An announcement of opportunity for the fellowships is being
distributed to solicit applications from professional science
educators including classroom teachers, curriculum specialists
and museum or science center staff, who would be eligible for
selection and training in early 1999. Those chosen will join 10
Stardust Educator Fellows who were selected last year to conduct
educator training and to field test workshops and materials
relating to the Stardust mission and comet science in general.
The fellowships are part of Stardust's education and
outreach program, which, with the Challenger Center space
education organization, is implementing a nationwide teacher
training initiative and developing educational modules targeted
at grades 5 through 8.
Stardust Educator Fellows will receive an expense-paid
intensive educator training workshop covering the Stardust
mission and science related to the mission; a three-day course on
presenting the strategies of mission planning and a complete
teacher-training presenter package to use for conducting Stardust
workshops; priority updates and mailings on Stardust mission
information and materials; materials to help plan and promote
Stardust workshops; continued contact with the Stardust science
team to answer questions and to facilitate discussion, and access
to a 1/25th scale model of the spacecraft on loan from JPL.
In return, selected fellows must commit to conduct a minimum
of two educator training workshops per year (approved by the
Stardust education outreach team) and to share evaluation
information from those workshops with Stardust educational
partners.
To receive the announcement, please contact Kerri Beisser at
Challenger Center either by e-mail to kbeisser@challenger.org or
phone at (703) 683-9740. When leaving a message, please include a
mailing address or FAX number where an application may be sent.
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