Education Track

16th International Space DevelopmentConference

In this two-day workshop for teachers, inexperienced educators will demonstrate how space science andtechnology can be incorporated into schoolcurricula. There is noadditional charge for the Education Track Programs.Items InRedRequire Special Reservations Which Must Be Purchased Separately.Follow Links For More Information.

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Friday, May 23, 1997
Time	Education Track 1	Education Track 2	Education Track 3
9:00 AM	Opening Ceremonies
9:15 AM	Plenary Session Post Cold War International Cooperation and Competition in Space Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese, USAF War College, Maxwell Air Force Base
10:30 AM	Blast Off With Your Students Les Gold	Space Shuttle Simulation Project Steven Bachmeyer	State of the Art Interactive Children's Space and Science Learning Center to Open in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the Summer of 1997 Alexander Howerton
12:00 PM	Lunch European Space Agency Update Ian Pryke, U.S. Director, European Space Agency
1:30 PM	Blast Off With Your Students Les Gold	The Spacelink Connection Gene MacNaughton	Blasting into the Twenty-first Century Patricia Fleener-Ryan
3:00	Blast Off With Your Students Les Gold	Aerospace Technology Curriculum Project Steven Bachmeyer	Astronomy Matters for Science Teachers Jay Huebner
4:30 PM	Blast Off With Your Students Les Gold	Aerospace Technology Curriculum Project Steven Bachmeyer	Remote Sensing As A Tool For Teaching Physics Edwin Prior
6:00	Dinner 1997 And The Birth Of HAL: The Intriguing Legacy of '2001' Fred Ordway
8:00	Discovery Channel Biographical Film of Wehrner Von Braun He Conquered Space Introduction By Fred Ordway

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Saturday, May 24, 1997
Time	Education Track 1	Education Track 2	Education Track 3
9:00 AM	Plenary Session How Do We Get There From Here Ben Bova
10:30 AM	Space in the Classroom: Demonstrations That Are Safe, Simple, and Effective Tom Sarko	The Spacelink Connection Gene MacNaughton	Teaching About the Colonization of Space Jay Huebner
12:00 PM	Lunch The Exploration & Settlement of Mars Robert Zubrin
1:30 PM	Hand-On/Minds-On Astronomy: Teaching About the Solar System Tom Sarko	Model Rocketry Hands-On Workshop Steven Bachmeyer	N/A
3:00 PM	Open Access to the Internet Gene MacNaughton	Model Rocketry Hands-On Workshop Steven Bachmeyer	N/A
6:00 PM	Dinner Space Commercialization & Spaceport Florida Ed O'Connor, Executive Director, Spaceport Florida Authority Presentation Of Florida Space Business Roundtable Space Education Award Governor Lawton Chiles (Invited)
6:30 PM	SpaceCamp Event Board Early Buses At Omni Rosen Hotel For SpaceCamp & Astronaut Hall of Fame Open House
7:30 PM	Board Late Buses At Omni Rosen Hotel For SpaceCamp & Astronaut Hall of Fame Open House
10:00 PM	Board Early Buses For Return To Omni Rosen Hotel (11:00 PM Arrival)
12:00 AM	Board Late Buses For Return To Omni Rosen Hotel (1:00 AM Arrival)

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