The Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium's electronic newsletter for teachers provides curriculum ideas, Internet links and other resources to help you better meet the Washington EALRs and the National Science Education Standards. Participants will build and launch rockets using air pressurized by a bike pump. Additional activities include making pneumatic blast rockets and launchers. All Satuday ERC workshops are free and take place from 1-4 p.m. at the Washington NASA Space Grant office, Rm. 401, Johnson Hall.
Free parking is available on campus.
Pre-registration is required and clock hours are available. Teachers will receive 1 credit from Seattle University for attending 10 hours of approved programming. The Space Place offers a wealth of activities written for students to do, make and share. Since the experiments do not require special equipment, they can also can be conducted at home or in an informal education setting. There is also a teachers' section with lesson plans and classroom projects.