[360] NASA Aims March 27 Workshop for MTSU Students Preparing to Teach Elementary, Middle School

Release date: March 15, 2010

News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or jweiler@mtsu.edu
NASA workshop contact: Susan A. Currie, 256-544-3629 or
susan.a.currie@nasa.gov


NASA Aims March 27 Workshop for MTSU Students
Preparing to Teach Elementary, Middle School

(MURFREESBORO, TN) – MTSU students who are preparing to teach elementary or middle school are invited to attend the NASA Pre-Service Teacher Workshop. It will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, March 27, in Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building Room 109.
The free NASA Education Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Workshop will provide the following:
• NASA-developed curriculum support resources that meet national standards;
• ideas for integration of NASA Education resources and activities into lesson planning and curriculum;
• hands-on, inquiry-based methods for teaching math, science and technology; and
• a stipend for student participants;
To register by Friday, March 19, students should e-mail Dr. Susan A. Currie, a NASA education specialist, with their name, mailing address, phone number, major and indicate they are an MTSU student. Her e-mail is t susan.a.currie@nasa.gov.
For more information, contact Currie at 256-544-3629

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