Title: Paper Session III-B - A High-School Level Summer Space Education Seminar
Abstract: The use of space as a basis for a week-long seminar aimed at high-school teachers and students has proven successful. This seminar includes academic, demonstration, and activities to show students and teachers how high-school level mathematics and science is used in the space world. We have found this program to be an excellent motivator for students and teachers and enhances their normal learning activities. This paper describes the goals, mechanics, and activities of the program. Evaluation results are also discussed. SEMINAR GENESIS The Space Education Seminar is an outgrowth of a program started in the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University to bring high-school teachers and students on-campus to interact with the engineering faculty and students. This program was ini tially funded by industry and involved the local high school teachers and students from New Mexico and El Paso. The seminar was to be structured around a residential oneweek program on campus that involves teachers and students for an entire day and eve ning for one week. The initial seminar focus was shared among several departments'on a rotating basis. The past two summers, the seminar has included a week dedicated exclu sively to space-related activities which was administered by the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC) office. SEMINAR GOALS The seminar's first goal is to show both the students teachers how what they aie learning in high school applies to college-level engineering studies and professional engi neering activities. High school students and their text books are often not clear on how the concepts relate to the real world. This motivation is also needed for the teachers who often come from an education background and not a technical background and therefore
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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