STEM Ed Announcement: NASA Centennial Challenge at WPI

["Mort Sternheim" <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is not a UMass program
 Contact Information is below.
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 STEM Professional Development Centered on the NASA Centennial
 Challenge at WPI 
 
 Worcester Polytechnic Institute will be hosting the first NASA Sample
 Return Robot Challenge (part of the Centennial Challenges Program) on
 June 16-17, 2012. 
 
 In honor of this event, the STEM Education Center at WPI is offering
 a free professional development program for science and technology
 teachers. The program will focus on project-based STEM learning
 related to the NASA challenge. Teachers will meet for two times,
 before and after the challenge, with a third unique opportunity for
 some of the teachers to bring their students to the WPI campus on
 Friday, June 15, and meet with the participating teams. 
 
 Opening meeting: Wednesday, April 18 2012; 8am-12pm (during April
 Vacation).
 
 Participants learn about the NASA challenge, explore hands-on model
 eliciting activities (MEAs) and spend time creating project-based
 activities for their students that focus on one of the NASA challenge
 problems.
 
  
 
 Optional meeting: Friday, June 15 2012, two hours visit with students
 to the WPI campus.
 
 Participants have a unique opportunity to bring their students on
 campus and meet with the challenge teams a day before the
 competition. The students will be able to interact with the challenge
 participants and learn how they had resolved the same problems that
 the students faced. 
 
  
 
 Closing meeting: 9am-11am during the week of June 25; exact day TBD.   
 
 Participants reflect on and share their experiences in developing and
 conducting the projects in their classrooms. The teachers also meet
 with a challenge representative to learn about the results of the
 competition.
 
  
 
 Space is limited, we will accept applications until capacity is
 reached. Dont miss this special opportunity to engage your students
 with the NASA Centennial Challenge. For registration click:
 
 https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WPI_NASA_Challenge_PD_Registration
 
  
 
 For further information please contact Mia Dubosarsky, director of
 professional development at the WPI STEM Education Center, by email:
 mdubosarsky@wpi.edu or phone: 508-831-5617.
 
  
 
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 Mia Dubosarsky, PhD
 
 Director, Professional Development
 
 STEM Education Center
 
 WPI Worcester, MA 
 
  
 
 508-831-5617
 
 wpi.edu/+stem 
 

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