You will be divided into four groups, and each group will be responsible for planning and presenting a portion of a lesson to a group of fourth graders from a local school, on the second Thursday of the Institute.

The lesson will have a specific time frame and will begin and end according to the schedule. You will learn more about this with Mr. Freeman.

Each morning, during Sharing Time, you will be asked to share, from your journal, what experiences you have had, while at NASA, that will aid in the development of your lesson

Each evening you will answer three questions online about your daily experiences.

This will be an intense and exciting two-week experience that should have a significant and long-lasting impact on your professional career in education.

Lesson Plan Design with Mr. Bernie Freeman:

What is it that some teachers do in the classroom that makes them more effective than other teachers? Are there teaching behaviors that increase the likelihood that students will learn more of what you teach? These classes are designed to introduce you to some of those instructional behaviors and help you design lessons that are exciting, fun to teach, and make a difference in what your students learn.

Mathematics with Mrs. Carolyn Johnson:

These classes will incorporate the use of manipulatives, multicolor blocks, to understand the abstract concepts and remove the mystery about mathematics. IT WILL BE EASY! Your knowledge, understanding, and self-confidence will be enhanced. The focus will be on demonstrating the relationship between arithmetic and algebra while emphasizing the following concepts:

• Math is counting. If you can count to nine, that's as hard as it gets.

• Imagination is more than memorization.

• "What is the question?" is more important than "What is the answer?"

• Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are just fast ways to count, and building rectangles makes counting easier.

• Need a Hero, call on Zero.

Science with Dr. Arthur Bowman:

These classes will provide a variety of hands-on, discovery/ investigatory lessons, which are standards, based and developed around current themes relevant to many of NASA's missions. Information focusing on both space and earth systems will be included.

Consideration will also be given to alternative means of evaluating the degree of student learning.

Students will have the opportunity to visit the Science Center at Hampton University.

Aeronautics with Dr. Stanley Jones:

The Pre-service teachers will experience hands-on minds-on and inquiry lessons related to aeronautical principles of flight. In doing so, the major components of this workshop will focus on the following. (1) background information of flight - looking at the past, present and future aeronautics and technology; (2) explaining in grade level appropriate language the basic principles of flight; (3) inquiry instruction that follows participants to generate ideas and ways to test those ideas; (4) use real life information from tours to show the usefulness of flight; and (5) actively participate in the corporative and collaborative processes of problem solving.
The culminating activity will allow participants to brainstorm, with guided facilitation from the presenter, different teaching strategies that will help bridge the gap between the summer workshop experience and future classroom lessons.

Technology with Sharon Hurwitz:

The technology sessions will enable participants to affectively use technology as part of their final projects and presentations

Participants will receive information and instruction in the following areas:

1. Designing effective PowerPoint slides.
2. Using PowerPoint appropriately for maximum instruction.
3. Using Inspiration to help students read, write, and process information.
4. Using Internet resources to enhance their presentation.
5. Creating a rubric to accompany their lesson plan.
6. Downloading and using video clips for effective instructions.