MICROGRAVITY EDUCATION NEWS #12, 8/29/97
	from Dennis Stocker, Microgravity Science Division, NASA Lewis Research
Center
	http://zeta.lerc.nasa.gov/

(1)  UPDATE ON TEACHERS WORKSHOP
(2)  STUDENTS INVITED TO FLY ON NASA AIRCRAFT
(3)  FOLLOWING EVENTS ON MIR

(1)  UPDATE ON TEACHERS WORKSHOP
A one-day teachers workshop on "Lewis Space Shuttle Experiments" will be
held at the NASA Lewis Research Center (Cleveland, OH) on Thursday,
September 25.  The program will be hosted jointly by the Office of
Educational Programs and the Microgravity Science Division.
The tentative agenda is:
	8:30	Registration
	9:00	Welcome & overview
	9:30	Microgravity workshop, with hands-on, minds-on activities
	12:00	Lunch
	1:00	Overview of Lewis' involvement with the STS-87 Space Shuttle mission
	1:30	Presentation on the Space Experiment Module (SEM) program
	2:15	Tour of a microgravity drop facility
	3:15	Translation & wrap-up
	3:45	End of organized program  (but open discussion is welcome)
The workshop is intended for middle and secondary school teachers, and will
demonstrate how a NASA mission can be used to explain and illuminate
concepts being already taught in the classroom.  With that in mind, it is
suggested that teachers consider coordinating classroom activities with the
upcoming fourth U.S. microgravity payload (USMP-4) Space Shuttle mission,
currently scheduled for launch on November 19, 1997.  I am one of the
workshop organizers and have 2 combustion experiments flying on this
mission.  Attendance is limited to 25 participants, admitted on a first
come, first serve basis.  Registration is due by September 19; contact me
for the registration form.

(2)  STUDENTS INVITED TO FLY ON NASA AIRCRAFT
	http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/tsgc/floatn/
American universities and colleges are invited to submit proposals to the
National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (NSGC&FP) to design,
build, and fly microgravity experiments on a NASA research aircraft.
Letters of intent are due by October 10, and the proposals are due on
November 14th.  The competition guidelines and more are available on the
WWW.  For further questions, contact:
	Mr. Burke Fort
	1998 NASA Reduced-Gravity Student Flight Opportunities
	Texas Space Grant Consortium
	3925 West Braker Lane, Suite 200
	Austin, Texas 78759-5321
E-mail:	fort@mail.utexas.edu
Telephone:	512/471-7225
Facsimile:	512/471-3585

(3)  FOLLOWING EVENTS ON MIR
	http://uttm.com/space/
When uncertain of the status on the Russian space station Mir, I found that
I was able to easily catch up by checking the space news WWW site of CBS
News, with Space Consultant William Harwood.  This WWW site (address above)
has selections for breaking news, shuttle missions, the space station,
statistics, and more.  And it is also accessible from our microgravity
educational page at:
	http://zeta.lerc.nasa.gov/new/school.htm

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Dennis P. Stocker, Research Scientist
NASA Lewis Research Center, MS 500-115
21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH  44135
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E-mail:		dennis.stocker@lerc.nasa.gov
Phone (fax):	216-433-2166 (216-433-8660)
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