space class for teachers near chicago i am posting this for a friend without internet access please inquire to the phone number and address listed space teaching s newest frontier sponsored by the planetary studies foundation the planetary studies foundation is sponsoring a one week class for teachers called space teaching s newest frontier the class will be held at the sheraton suites in elk grove illinois from june through june participants who complete the program can earn two semester hours of graduate credit from aurora college please note that while the class is intended for teachers it is not restricted to teachers the class which is being cosponsored by the united states space foundation will teach how to use space exploration as a teaching tool to get students excited about learning and interested in science classroom topics to be covered by the class include living in space the space shuttle the space station nasa spinoffs that benefit society principles of astrodynamics aeronautics the solar system there will also be simulated zero g training in an underwater space station simulation model rocket launches observing sessions at the harper college observatory and field trips to the adler planetarium and the museum of science and industry featured speakers include jerry brown of the colorado based united states space foundation and debbie brown of the nasa lewis research center in cleveland ohio additional instructors will be provided by the planetary studies foundation the social highlight of the class will be a dinner banquet featuring space shuttle payload specialist byron lichtenberg currently president of payload systems inc lichtenberg was a member of the crew of sts which flew in november the banquet is scheduled for thursday june the registration fee includes transportation for field trips materials continental breakfasts lunches and the special dinner banquet guest tickets for the dinner banquet are also available there is an additional charge to receive the two hours of graduate credit for any additional information about the class contact the science learning center at or write to planetary studies foundation w algonquin rd palatine il dennis newkirk dennisn ecs comm mot com motorola land mobile products sector schaumburg il
