SMD E/PO :: Project :: NAI: Astrobiology Teachers Academy (RPI)

Program Element / Activity Title:

NAI: Astrobiology Teachers Academy (RPI)

E/PO Project Name:

NASA Astrobiology Institute

Contact Information Shown to the Public:

Bldg. 247, Rm. 207 P.O. Box 1 Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001

Program Element / Activity Website:

http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/

Short Description for Projects Page:

This is a week-long, in-depth, summer learning experience for high school science teachers in New York State. Its purpose is to increase content knowledge for teachers and support them to develop unique lesson plans in astrobiology for their classroom. This is a multi-year interaction which incorporates teacher mentors from prior years into each summer's workshop, and provides sustained contact for teachers with the scientist faculty and each other throughout the academic year.

Who is the primary audience of your program element / activity?:

Who is the secondary audience of your program element / activity?:

Students

National Priorities and Coordination Approaches as Articulated in CoSTEM:

Improve STEM Instruction