[Octm] FREE - NASA Teacher Training at SWOSU

[Weinand, Stacey]

Dear Teachers and Friends, 
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>Happy New Year! 
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>Please help get the word out.  This year's version of NASA's Train the
>Teachers will be in just a few weeks.  Starting on Tuesday, January 21
>the training will last for four days through Friday, January 24, 2003.
>Please see the attached word.doc for much more detail or, just in case,
>the word document is copied within this e-mail at the bottom. 
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>Any teacher is invited but will need to register.  All you have to do
>to register is e-mail me with the name of the teacher, school district,
>grade and which days or sessions that teacher will attend or call me
>at: 580-774-4505 and leave a voice mail with the teachers name, school
>district, grade and which days or sessions that teacher will attend. 
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>Time is short so Please do it today! 
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>Sincerely, 
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>Ordis D. Copeland ordis at weatherford-ok.org 
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>Economic Development Director 
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>P.O. Box 569 at 522 W. Rainey 
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>Weatherford, Oklahoma  73096 
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>Day: (580) 774-4505                        Night:  (580) 772-5918 
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>Fax: (580) 772-7466                        Mobile: (580) 774-9438 
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>www.weatherford-ok.org                  www.SATSExpo.com 
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>TUESDAY, JANUARY 21
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>Mathematics for K-6 Educators 
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>Time:  8:00 AM-4:30 PM 
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>All sessions recommended for elementary teachers: K-6 
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>Focus:  Using topics in Aeronautics and Earth and Space Sciences to
>teach Mathematics concepts. 
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>8:15 AM-9:15 AM 
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>--Scaling the sun, moon, earth system 
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>Participants will develop a model for scaling the size and distance of
>the Sun, Moon, and Earth 
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>Measurement 
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>Number Sense & Operations 
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>Patterns & Relationships 
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>9:30 AM-10:30 AM 
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>--Graphing Flight Data- 
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>Participants will construct simple paper rockets and planes and create
>graphs based on flight distance. 
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>Statistics & Probability 
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>Number Sense 
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>Patterns & Relationships 
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>Measurement 
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>10:45 AM-11:45 AM 
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>--Determining the surface area of airplane  
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>Participants will use geometric shapes to cover and measure the surface
>of an airplane. 
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>Geometry & Spatial Sense 
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>Statistics 
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>Measurement 
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>Fractions & Decimals 
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>Patterns & Relationships 
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>Number Sense and Operations 
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>Whole number operations 
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>Lunch:  11:45 AM-12:45 PM
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>1:00 PM-2:00 PM 
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>--Mission Patches 
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>Participants will classify mission patches using various
>characteristics (size, shape, number of objects on patch) using Venn
>diagrams 
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>Patterns & Relationships
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>Fractions & Decimals 
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>Geometry & Spatial Sense 
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>2:15 PM- 3:15 PM 
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>--Spheres in Space 
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>Participants will use geometric concepts to design an astronaut escape
>device. 
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>Measurement 
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>Estimation 
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>Geometry & Spatial Sense 
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>Patterns & Relationships
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>3:30 PM- 4:30 PM 
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>--Packaging food 
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>Participants will evaluate the waste generated in food packaging and
>determine more efficient ways to prepare food for space travel. 
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>Measurement 
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>Estimation 
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>Geometry & Spatial Sense 
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>Patterns & Relationships 
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>Number Sense & Operations 
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>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22
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>Mathematics for grade 6-12 educators
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>Time:  8:00 AM-4:30 PM 
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>All sessions recommended for middle and high school teachers: 6-12 
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>Focus:  Using topics in Aeronautics and Earth and Space Sciences to
>teach Mathematics concepts. 
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>8:15 AM-9:15 AM 
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>--Scaling the Solar System 
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>Participants will develop linear and radial scale models of the solar
>system.  
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>Number and Number Relationships 
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>Measurement 
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>Algebra 
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>Ratio & Proportions 
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>Modeling 
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>Geometry 
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>9:30 AM-10:30 AM 
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>--Modeling Orbits 
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>Participants will create various models representing the orbits of
>spacecraft. 
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>Functions 
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>Algebra 
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>Measurement 
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>Trigonometry 
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>Geometry 
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>10:45 AM-11:45 AM 
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>--Modeling Collision Probability 
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>Participants will develop a model to predict the probability of a
>collision between Earth and an Earth orbiting asteroid. 
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>Functions 
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>Modeling 
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>Statistics 
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>Probability 
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>Geometry 
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>Lunch:  11:45 AM-12:45 PM
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>1:00 PM-2:00 PM 
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>--Measuring Irregular Objects 
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>Participants will measure the physical properties of irregular shaped
>objects (rocks, maps of changing Features on Earth) 
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>Algebra 
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>Measurement 
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>Statistics
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>Estimation 
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>2:15 PM-3:15 PM 
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>--Launching Rockets 
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>Participants will construct and launch industrial strength paper
>rockets and determine the angle of launch for best vertical and
>horizontal distance. 
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>Measuring 
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>Trigonometry 
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>Statistics 
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>Ratio & Proportions 
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>3:30 PM-4:30 PM 
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>--Microgravity  (inertial balance) 
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>Participants will use a simple internal balance to determine the mass
>of objects. 
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>Ratio & Proportions 
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>Measuring 
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>Modeling 
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>Algebra 
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>THURSDAY, JANUARY 23
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>Science for K-12 Educators
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>Time:  8:00 AM-4:30 PM 
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>Sessions recommended for all teachers: K-12 
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>Focus:  Using topics in Aeronautics and Earth and Space Sciences to
>teach science concepts. 
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>8:15 AM-11:45 AM 
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>AEROTECH-3.5 HRS 
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>--Rocketry and Newton's Laws 
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>Participants will experience the engineering process as they construct
>a planetary surface rover to investigate Newton's Laws of Motion 
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>--Aeronautics and Bernoulli's Principals 
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>Participants will participate in various activities to investigate
>Bernoulli's Laws and construct a model to demonstrate them
>(hovercraft/glider) 
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>Lunch  11:45 AM-12:45 PM
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>1:00PM - 3:00 PM 
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>LUNAR & METERORITE SAMPLE LOAN CERTIFICATION
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>--Lunar Meteorite Certification 
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>Participants will engage in activities leading to certification for
>borrowing lunar and meteorite samples to use in their classrooms. 
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>3:15 PM-4:15 PM 
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>MISSION GEOGRAPHY
>--Participants will use lessons in physical geography to investigate
>characterizes of Earth from the vantage point of space 
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>Friday Morning,  January  24th 
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>Science for K-6 Educators
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>Time:  8:00 AM-12:15 PM 
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>Sessions recommended for elementary teachers: K-6 
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>Focus:  Using topics in Aeronautics and Earth and Space Sciences to
>teach science concepts 
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>8:15 AM-9:15 AM 
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>EARTH SCIENCE  
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>--Participants will use lessons from Echo the Bat to investigate
>characterizes of Earth from the vantage point of space. 
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>9:30 AM-10:30 AM 
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>LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE
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>--Glove Box 
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>Participants will construct a model of a glove box experiment chamber
>used by astronauts to work in the microgravity environment of space. 
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>10:45 AM-11:45 PM 
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>SPACE SCIENCE
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>Elements of Astronomy 
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>-- Our Sun 
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>Participants will observe characteristics of the sun from the view of a
>solar physist. 
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>Friday Afternoon,  January  24th 
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>Science for 6-12 Educators
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>Time:  1:00 PM-4:30 PM 
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>Sessions recommended for middle and high school teachers: 6-12 
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>Focus:  Using topics in Aeronautics and Earth and Space Sciences to
>teach science concepts 
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>1:00 PM-2:00 PM 
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>EARTH SCIENCE 
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>--Participants will investigate sources of Carbon Dioxide and discuss
>their roles in Global Warming 
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>2:15 PM-3:15 PM 
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>LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE 
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>--Robotics 
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>Participants will construct models of  robotic devices in development
>for use as tools to aid astronauts working in a space environment. 
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>3:30PM- 4:30 PM 
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>SPACE SCIENCE 
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>--Elements of Astronomy 1 hrs 
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>  Hubble Deep Field 
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>Participants will investigate the characteristics of Galaxies as they
>examine images derived from the Hubble Deep Field