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We salute the winners of the World Space Week 2000 Teacher Awards:
Ann Giove, Monadnock Area Cooperative School, Hancock, NH, USA
- Ann supplemented the World Space Week teacher kit with activities of her own design. For example, 3rd and 4th grade students debated whether Pluto was a real planet in a
mock "trial." Students also built a structure to safely support an "Egg-naut," upon impact with Earth's surface (in this case, the classroom floor).
Jennifer May, Ellis School, Belleville, IL, USA
- Jennifer showed how valuable space can be to excite students about virtually any subject during World Space Week last October. In addition to
supporting her science and math objectives, she used space-related activities to teach reading, spelling, language, writing, social studies, art, and health. For example, students had to create a nutritious
menu that they would want to take with them into space. Jennifer's class is also one of 11 selected to send seeds into space on an upcoming Space Shuttle.
Jacqueline Cierech, Macatin School, Ringwood, NJ, USA
- Jacqueline wrote, "By participating in World Space Week, I was able to meet the New Jersey core Curriculum Standards for eighth grade in a more focused
manner." She said the week allowed her to establish specific deadlines and she could tie activities to a specific theme. 96 of her students participated, and the space activities that she created were
used by a total of approximately 500 students.
Giovanni Imbalzano, Liceo E. Majorana of Moncalieri, Turin, Italy
- Professor Giovanni is the first non-U.S. winner of the World Space Week teacher awards. He led upper-level students in space data analysis using the Globe Project's web
site during World Space Week. His week-long program also featured the Big Bang, space art, and space history. It involved 79 students as well as parents. We hope he is the first of many winners of
this award from around the world.
Students of these teachers who participated in World Space Week 2000 also shared a financial grant. The winning teachers and student representatives
were honored at the World Space Week Awards Gala, May 4, 2001 at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA.
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