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A Letter From Lis
Elisabeth Cohen Note from the editor: While she is working through this time we will reprint some of her most tantalizing letters from the past years. This from November 2006 Dear Satellite Educators, Have you taken a course from an ineffective teacher? Today an accreditor came to the University of Utah and asked us about the teaching at our school. We began talking about research universities and the challenge of finding excellent researchers who are also excellent teachers. Usually, there is some combination of these strengths and weaknesses in department faculty. Can we effectively utilize the skills of these professors? As students, we want to work with the best teachers. As graduate researchers, we want to work with top of the line research advisors. Let's look at the case of the excellent researcher who is not a very effective teacher. Why not have the researcher do the research, advise graduate students, acquire the research funds, and leave the teaching to someone who excels in teaching? Then, the excellent teachers can spend most of their time in the classroom, share supporting resources, and develop an informed society and future scientists This is possible, but it will take some changes. A system must be developed in which faculty who excel in teaching are identified, rewarded and valued. From a university's perspective, a professor's excellence in teaching should be viewed as equivalent to another's ability to generate research funds. Universities and funding agencies need to recognize teaching as a priority, separate from research. Are there enough teaching grants supporting excellent university and college professors? Could there be more? If more teaching grants existed, this would enhance education. Students would better understand their disciplines. Since students would have effective teaching role models, these students would likely become better teachers and communicators. A change needs to be made. Departments need to have the ability to hire capable, enthusiastic professors to teach courses. These teaching professors should be able to reach the tenure track and be rewarded for their teaching contributions. To gain support, we can write letters to our state and local governments, private supporters, and the National Science Foundation.
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Selected by NASA in January 1990, Dr. Harris became an astronaut in July 1991. He is qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on future Space Shuttle flight crews. He served as the crew representative for Shuttle Software in the Astronaut Office Operations Development Branch. A veteran of two space flights, Dr. Harris has logged more than 438 hours in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-55 (April 26 to May 6, 1993), and was the Payload Commander on STS-63 (February 2-11, 1995). Dr. Harris was assigned as a mission specialist on STS-55, Spacelab D-2, in August 1991, and later flew on board Columbia for ten days, (April 26 to May 6, 1993), marking the Shuttle's one year of total flight time. Dr. Harris was part of the payload crew of Spacelab D-2, conducting a variety of research in physical and life sciences. During this flight, Dr. Harris logged over 239 hours and 4,164,183 miles in space. Most recently, Dr. Harris was the Payload Commander on STS-63 (February 2-11, 1995), the first flight of the new joint Russian-American Space Program. Mission highlights included the rendezvous with the Russian Space Station, Mir, operation of a variety of investigations in the Spacehab module, and the deployment and retrieval of Spartan 204. During the flight, Dr. Harris became the first African-American to walk in space. He logged 198 hours, 29 minutes in space, completed 129 orbits, and traveled over 2.9 million miles. Dr. Harris left NASA in April 1996. He is Chief Scientist and Vice-President of Science and Health Services. _________________________________________________________________ Meteorologist Rick Dickert
Dickert is also a member of the
National Weather Association and earned their television seal of approval in
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This two-hour workshop will provide hands on activities to teachers working with today’s youth based on the book Power Steps:10 Principles of Success. In today’s society, young people display characteristics and function in a manner that is referred to as the “Y Generation.” The principles of vision, belief and action in Power Steps will be stressed, as well as an overview of the learning styles of the Y Generation student. The workshop will be fun filled with hands-on communications and motivational techniques for working with the Y Generation. Participants are encouraged to bring and share stories and teaching strategies that have been successful in the classroom. _________________________________________________________________ NOAA's Satellite Direct Readout Conference
NOAA invites science teachers and their students from
universities,
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NASA Speaks About YOUR Students
Whether you are provisioning a sailing ship for a voyage to the New World, planning the exploration of the solar system, or figuring out how to get ready for your own future in a changing world, critical thinking skills can help you prepare for the unknown. Running time 4:34 minutes. Watch the movie.
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NASA/JPL has just published their second issue of a bi-monthly newsletter for formal and informal educators. The newsletter is all about the many useful and--it goes without saying--free resources on The Space Place website that can be helpful to classroom and home school teachers, after-school program directors, museum and library program directors, and other informal educators. Although the entire Space Place site may be helpful to teachers and students, the resources linked there were developed specifically to help in the classroom. Click here to visit the site and read the newsletter.
M.Y. S.P.A.C.E. Photos from the conference now posted.
M.Y. S.P.A.C.E. M.Y. S.P.A.C.E.
Be a M.Y. S.P.A.C.E. Teacher
Ron Gird, Outreach Program Manager, NOAA, National Weather Service
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Nancy Strong Thomas Wrublewski, NOAA Liaison Office Steve LaDochy, Department of Geography and Urban Analysis and Pedro Ramirez, Department of Geological Sciences, College of Natural and Social Sciences, Cal State L.A.
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Arvedson Nel Graham, Teacher - California Craig Ihde, Solar System Ambassador, Jet Propulsion Laboratory And Melissa L. Lamberton, Education Coordinator, Phoenix Mars Scout Mission, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona |
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Robert S. Winokur has over 40 years of experience in the federal and private
sectors working in naval undersea warfare and technology, satellite remote
sensing, meteorology and public policy. He was responsible for the operation
of EarthSat's remote sensing, weather, environmental, GIS and image
processing business areas. Before moving to EarthSat in 2000, Mr. Winokur
was Vice President of the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and
Education (CORE), where he was responsible for fostering and guiding
oceanographic programs involving academic, federal and industrial
activities, managing the program support office for the National
Oceanographic Partnership Program, guiding the Secretariat for the Census of
Marine Life, and leading educational outreach programs in the oceanographic
sciences, such as the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Prior to these
positions, Mr. Winokur retired from federal service in 1999 after 38 years
working for the Department of the Navy and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) culminating in various senior executive
positions. From November 1993 to April 1999, Mr. Winokur served as the
Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services, NOAA. As
Assistant Administrator, Mr. Winokur directed an integrated program for the
development and use of all operational civilian satellite-based
environmental remote sensing systems and NOAA's national climatic,
oceanographic and geophysical data centers. He was responsible for the
acquisition, processing, dissemination, and exchange of national and
international environmental data. 
After completing his residency training in 1985 at the Mayo
Clinic, Dr. Bernard Harris, Jr. went on to complete a National Research
Council Fellowship at NASA Ames Research Center. While at Ames he conducted
research in the field of musculoskeletal physiology.
Dickert
studied meteorology at San Jose State University and UCLA. He was elected a
full member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) in 1994 and is
recognized as a meteorologist by the organization. Dickert also earned a
degree in geography. In 2002, he was awarded the Television Seal of Approval
by the AMS. In May of 2005, Rick was the first weathercaster in Los Angeles
to be awarded the prestigious Certified Broadcast Meteorologist seal by the
AMS. The seal is sought as a mark of distinction and a recognition of the
achievement in the communication of scientific information. The AMS grants
the CBM designation to broadcast meteorologists who meet established
criteria for scientific competence and effective communication skills in
their weather presentations. The CBM is a new program, launched in January
2005 as an upgrade to the Society’s Seal of Approval.
Dr.
Thomas has developed and implemented national training programs on
leadership, success, motivation, achieving excellence, multicultural
workforce practice, management principles, and basic supervisory
practices. He has assisted several Federal agencies in managing
their human resources by conducting program evaluations and organizational
training assessments. Dr. Thomas has also conducted extensive research
on inner‑city juvenile gangs. He teaches at the internationally
recognized Johns Hopkins University Leadership Development Institute.
NASA
Administrator Mike Griffin sat down with The Futures Channel to talk to
teachers and students about the vision for space exploration--why he thinks
it’s important, and what students need to bring to the table if they want to
participate.
