Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
Start Date
29-4-1993 1:00 PM
End Date
29-4-1993 4:00 PM
Description
The Space Education Development Program (SEDP) discussed in this paper was strongly influenced by a highly successful Space Education Conference held in Cocoa Beach, Florida in October 1991. This national conference, entitled Meeting Space Education Needs of the Future, was sponsored jointly by the Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) and the Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA). At the meeting, thirty-three outstanding educators, industry leaders and government representatives from around the nation presented bold, innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to enhancing education at all levels.
The Space Education Development Program was developed to help address these needs, within the constraints of presently available resources. It is the newest of six programs currently being offered by the Florida Space Grant Consortium. For the 1992-93 academic year, the total budget for the Space Education Development Program is only $40,000, of which $20,000 is from NASA and $20,000 is in matching funds from the universities receiving awards. Despite these low numbers, we think we can achieve some useful goals.
Paper Session III-B - Florida's Space Education Development Program
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
The Space Education Development Program (SEDP) discussed in this paper was strongly influenced by a highly successful Space Education Conference held in Cocoa Beach, Florida in October 1991. This national conference, entitled Meeting Space Education Needs of the Future, was sponsored jointly by the Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) and the Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA). At the meeting, thirty-three outstanding educators, industry leaders and government representatives from around the nation presented bold, innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to enhancing education at all levels.
The Space Education Development Program was developed to help address these needs, within the constraints of presently available resources. It is the newest of six programs currently being offered by the Florida Space Grant Consortium. For the 1992-93 academic year, the total budget for the Space Education Development Program is only $40,000, of which $20,000 is from NASA and $20,000 is in matching funds from the universities receiving awards. Despite these low numbers, we think we can achieve some useful goals.
Comments
Space Education
Session Chairman: R. Gilbert Moore, Physics Department, Utah State University, Logan, Ut
Session Organizer: Priscilla Elfrey, Patent Counsel and Technology Transfer Office, NASA, Kennedy Space Center