World Space Week 2001 Educational Award Winners

Participation Awards – These awards recognize the most creative use of space in the classroom during World Space Week last year. Sponsored by the Warren Company.

Mindy Goodnight and students: Grades K-2, Austin Elementary, San Angelo, Texas, USA. Mindy and her class built a space bubble that was large enough for the whole class. The children read space stories and talked about space. They got a good feeling of how it is to live in an enclosed area. This class had recognition from their school.

Michael M. Kutsek, Jackie Scanlon, and students: Grade 3-5, McClellan Elementary, Pittsburgh, USA. The 4th grade class did an across-the-curriculum space unit. The culminating activity was a space play, "Meet Dr. Goddard," which was attended by over 500 people and was covered by several newspapers. The students portrayed Dr. Goddard with his rocket, President Kennedy making his historic speech, mission control, and the first moon landing.

Phyllis Cannon and students: Grades 6-8, Stephan Decator Middle School, Clinton, Maryland, USA. This 6th grade class built and launched model rockets during World Space Week. The project was written up in the town paper. The children learned how important math and science are to building space stations and the space shuttle.

Judy Raviotta and students: Grades 9-12, Park View High School, South Hill, Virginia, USA.  During World Space Week, these astronomy students painted the solar system on an old pick-up truck.  The students studied the solar system carefully because they wanted to paint the truck as accurately as they could. This project was so well received that their town invited the class participate in the town's Christmas Parade. 

Space Web Page Design Competition – Students from the following schools designed space-related web pages during World Space Week. Sponsored by Best Buy.

Fulda Bol and her students: Grades 3-5, Yuce College, Ankara, Turkey. These eight-year-old students designed a web site featuring their photos. When you click on a student's photo, you see an imaginary view of space created by each student.

Rosemary Shaw and her students, Grades 6-8, Millennium Middle School, Sanford, Florida, USA. These students created a complex web site about celestial navigation. It included sections on the astrolabe and great explorers who used the stars to guide them.

Zlatko Kovacevic and his students, Grades 6-8, OS Vladimir Nazor, Virovitica, Croatia. This class build an exciting web site with sections about the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, and Earth-orbiting satellites. They included links to other space sites and even a picture of the World Space Week 2001 poster.

World Space Week Association salutes these winners of the World Space Week 2001 Educational Awards!

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