Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
24-4-1996 2:00 PM
End Date
24-4-1996 5:00 PM
Description
The design of many high school classes encourages students to work independently rather than with others—yet in the working world, it is often necessary for employees to work in cooperative groups. In Phillips Laboratory’s High School SPACE Experiment Program, teamwork is taught as an essential part of the experimental process. The program directs students to plan, structure, and perform year-long space science experiments. While participation in the SPACE Experiment Program is voluntary, the “space” theme motivates students to join. Each team is guided by two Phillips Laboratory mentors—scientists willing to share their knowledge and experience with the high-schoolers. With the direction of the mentors, students learn to work together and organize their tasks to accomplish their objectives in a timely fashion. By the end of the year, the mentors’ roles have shifted from leaders to observers as the students take ownership of their experiment and become a synergetic team.
Paper Session II-C - Teamworking Skills- A Spinoff of High School Space Experiments
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
The design of many high school classes encourages students to work independently rather than with others—yet in the working world, it is often necessary for employees to work in cooperative groups. In Phillips Laboratory’s High School SPACE Experiment Program, teamwork is taught as an essential part of the experimental process. The program directs students to plan, structure, and perform year-long space science experiments. While participation in the SPACE Experiment Program is voluntary, the “space” theme motivates students to join. Each team is guided by two Phillips Laboratory mentors—scientists willing to share their knowledge and experience with the high-schoolers. With the direction of the mentors, students learn to work together and organize their tasks to accomplish their objectives in a timely fashion. By the end of the year, the mentors’ roles have shifted from leaders to observers as the students take ownership of their experiment and become a synergetic team.
Comments
Education, Space for Tomorrow
Session Chairman: Kevin McLaughlin, Associate Director of Education, The Center For Space Education
Session Organizer: Kilby Holt