As technology is developing around us new teaching opportunities appear from time to time. Usually we can read enthusiastic articles how the new method will revolutionize education. Still if we look around in an average classroom we can’t see such a big difference in the last thirty or more...
Most of you may know that the popularity of natural sciences and techniques and the interest in those fields in schools have declined worldwide from year to year. This may affect many companies in the technical field, making difficult to ensure their well-qualified human resources in the future. Not...
Day 5 – Thursday 06 February 2015 Last full day of the IPN International Space Education Professional Development Program and second day at SEEC. Started the day with Becoming a Spacewalker by Jerry Ross, Former Astronaut. He was the first human to be launched into space seven times! Mr....
Day 4 – Thursday 05 February 2015 While the programme for the first three days was entirely put together by IPN, for today and tomorrow we have joined the Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC), organized annually by the Space Center Houston and NASA. The programme of this conference is...
Day 3 – Wednesday 04 February 2015 Today we started the day visiting the Division of Space Life Sciences of USRA, the Universities Space Research Association where the director, Dr. Neal R. Pellis, showed us around the institute and gave us a presentation on cells and space. Check out...
Day 2 – Tuesday 03 February 2015 Today we visited NASA’s Human Research Program, Education & Outreach team. Their goal is to establish a comprehensive suite of educational programs and supportive materials for people of all ages and walks of life to learn about the challenges of human space...
Scientix has been invited to join the IPN International Space Education Professional Development Program in Houston, 1-7 February 2015. Educators from Norway and California have come for a one week long program designed to motivate, inspire and inform delegates on Space Education. Alex Blackwood and Val Caldwell, organizers of...