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EDUCATIONAL FEATURES

Learning Activities

Participants will normally be on-site at NASA Langley Research Center from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and will be exposed to the following:

  • Aircraft Landing Dynamics

  • A Wind Tunnel

  • Effective Lesson Plan Design

  • High Tech. Equipment

  • Kite Making and Flying

  • Learning Styles

  • Mathematics & the Graphing Calculator

  • Principles of Flight

  • Problem-Based Learning

  • Science- From Earth to the Stars

  • Simulated Flight

  • Space Links

  • The computer for Lesson Plans & Email

  • Top Notch Space Scientists and Educators

  • Video Conferencing with NASA Centers

  • Teaching children from a local school.


RELATED SITES
 Pre-service Teachers Conference
 Pre-service Teachers Institute
 Pre-service Teachers Program
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