During the summer of 1995, we will he holding a one week workshop for about 15 teachers in grades 4 through 8. We will walk the teachers through five hands-on activities which are all based on current projects in astronomy and space science at Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Lab. We will discuss ways of integrating the lessons into the teachers' own curriculum; the teaching of basic physical principals will be emphasized. The teachers will also learn of the resources NASA makes available to them, and they will have the opportunity to tour JPL's facilities and to talk to "real" scientists about their work.
A SURF opportunity exists to be involved with the development of this workshop. Depending on the interests of the SURF student, developmental activities will include suggesting, designing, and testing workshops, compiling and writing up the lesson plans, and planning if he or she desired (the week of August 1st is the target date).