Educational Awards

World Space Week received a tremendous number of entries for the 2008 Educational Awards. It was incredibly hard to narrow it down to two Award winners for which we had secured funding as so many entries were of outstanding quality.

2008 Educational Awards winners:
- Mrs. Rebecca Sutton, teacher of 4-6th grade (9-12 year-olds) Science at St. Pius Catholic School in Dallas, TX, USA.
- Romanian Space Agency, co-ordinating of and representing the very many and great contributions from Romania.

Mrs. Sutton impressed us with the pictures and work plans she sent us. But admitted especially her video charmed us as it captures the essence of World Space Week: to inspire the next generation in the believe that they will accomplish many great things for all mankind; while having great fun! See for yourself:

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Previously:

Mrs. Rebecca Sutton received her Award at the Washington Award Reception surrounded by many VIPs, amongst others Lori Garver, Deputy NASA Administrator, William Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations, Edward Weiler, NASA Associate Administrator for Science and Bill Nye "The Science Guy".

This is how Mrs. Sutton described her experience:
"The World Space week reception of 2009 took the cake! Food, wine, and tons of amazing people greeted me as I entered the ceremony. It was such a joy to meet astronauts, physicists, people who worked for NASA, and Bill Nye "the science guy." Through my conversations, it was quite evident that inspiring students (or others) to have a love for science comes from somewhere. It was very interesting to hear others talk about a project that inspired them, or a teacher who planted a seed that would later help them decide what they were going to be in life. Revisiting my story and hearing others' was truly inspirational, and makes me wonder what my students will later grow-up to be."