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Mathematics/Science Teacher Institute
- NaMas - National Middle School Aerospace Scholars
NaMAS -($1.2m grant from the National Science Foundation) NaMAS, is providing both teachers and students in eight states opportunities to learn about and experience information technologies and how they are used within the context of STEM applications in the exciting high technology aerospace industry. NaMAS particularly targets Native Americans and Hispanics. Participating teachers complete training at the Johnson Space Center and online over a year's time. By focusing on integration of information technology in the classroom, NaMAS gives 150 teachers the needed tools to include technology components in existing course offerings and current core curriculums.
Workshops include:
- IT-Aerospace Connections
- Online-Integrating Technology into the Classroom
- Robotics for Educators
- Technology Wrap-up
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GISSE/GISPE - Geographic Information Systems for Educators and (Funded by Washington Mutual through $25,000 grants) the Aerospace Academy, is providing Geographical Informational Systems training for middle school and high school teachers. The goal is to provide tools for exploring information through maps and images helping inquisitive minds to see things in a new way. GIS is not just a automated decision making system but a tool to query, analyze and map data in support of the decision making process. For more information about the GISSE or GISPE, please contact Sloane Hoyle, sloane.hoyle1@jsc.nasa.gov.
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