Grades K-12: FREE NASA Videoconferences

FREE NASA Videoconferences


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FREE, Exciting Series of NASA Videoconferences
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We would like to announce a new series of special FREE events from NASA.

Every Wednesday at 1:00 EST we will have a presentation from one of our researchers talking about their work and how they came to work at NASA. These events are aimed at the high school and upper middle school audience. You can find the list of presenters and topic sat:http://erc.arc.nasa.gov/dln.

The webpage will be continuously updated as we finalize the list of speakers.

January's Topics

* Jan. 14 - Astrobiology - Using Geology to look for life

* Jan. 21 - Aeronautics - A Look at Fluid Dynamics to design aircraft

* Jan. 28 - Optics - Using light to search stars and galaxies for earth-size planets.

You will find background information about the researcher, their work and educational activities related to their work. We encourage you to share this information with your students before the event. Each week's audience is limited to 15 classes, so please be sure to sign up as soon as possible to ensure availability. 5 classes will able to participate in the Q&A session at the end of each session.

Cost: FREE

Questions: ca.dln.studios@jpl.nasa.gov

Grades 7-12: Q & A with Congressman Zack Space

Subject: Congressman Zack Space Video Conference

As our congressman, Zack Space represents the Ohio's 18th district. Please join us on January 26th, 2009 from 9:15 – 10:00 a.m. as Congressman Zack Space spends time with us again via video conferencing. He will be allowing students to ask him questions as this will be a time of discussion and not a speech or scripted session. He is always a great source of information for our students! Students need to come prepared with questions. The TCHESC will facilitate this session and will go round-robin with the schools to make sure each school has the opportunity to ask questions. The number of questions permitted will be determined by the number of schools participating and the length of the video conference session.This event is posted on VC Scheduler, and is limited to the first 8 schools that sign up for the video conference. Please go to http://www.tchesc.org/ and click on VC Scheduler. There is no charge for this session. A reminder – this is limited to the counties that are serviced by the 18th District. If you aren’t sure if your county is included please check http://space.house.gov/?sectionid=5&sectiontree=5 for a map of the service area.If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.Michele L CarlisleTuscarawas Carroll Harrison Educational Service Center834 East High AveNew Philadelphia, Ohio 44663ph: 330-308-9939 x 220Cell: 330-340-1845