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School District 15 to Host “Space Symposium” for Teachers
Former NASA astronaut Alan Bean will be the keynote speaker for a “Space Symposium 2002” for educators hosted by Community Consolidated School District 15 on Friday, March 8, 2002.
Bean, a retired U.S. Navy captain who resigned from NASA in 1981, was the lunar pilot of Apollo 12 in 1969, spacecraft commander of Skylab Mission II in 1973, and backup commander for the American-Russian Apollo-Soyuz test project.
Joining Bean for the symposium will be other noted space experts including Dr. Paul Sipiera, president and founder of the Palatine-based Planetary Studies Foundation and professor of geology and astronomy at William Rainey Harper College, and NASA aerospace educational specialist Marge Lehky, who’s based at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, along with members of District 15’s own science teaching staff.
“Teachers who are looking for a way to infuse student excitement and enthusiasm into a science curriculum should consider including space studies in their programs,” said Nancy Hayes, coordinator of science programs for District 15. “We are pleased to host Space Symposium 2002 because it offers an important opportunity to focus on the integration of space sciences in Grades 3-8 and exchanging ideas with colleagues.”
Attendees can choose from sessions on rockets, space shuttle simulation (including a tour of District 15’s David Hill Mission Control and Discover 15 Space Shuttle), geology and space, Mars roamers, Starlab, Moonlink, space stations, and how teachers can obtain certification to allow them to bring lunar rocks into their classrooms.
Cost for the one-day conference is $50 for teachers outside of District 15. A speaker-only registration to hear Capt. Bean is $25.
For registration or additional information, contact Hayes at 1-847-963-3134.
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