Iowa Space Grant Consortium

Precollege Awards: 2005-2006


Space Exploration Educators Conference

The Iowa Space Grant Consortium sponsored a trip to the Johnson Space Flight Center in Houston, Texas for three precollege educators on February 3-5, 2005. The SEEC conference attendees and their associations are listed below:

  1. Brandy Bowers, Seton Catholic School, Ottumwa
  2. Robin Ibel, Dows Elementary School, Dows
  3. Steve Koopmann, Bennett Community School, Bennett


The ISGC Partner Schools Program


The ISGC sponsored a Math, Science, and Engineering School partnership to help connect schools to NASA learning opportunities and career information.  The program included teacher-teams attending training at NASA Centers and bringing their experiences back to their classrooms, schools, and colleagues.  In 2005, the teams were sent to: Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, and Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama.


Kennedy Space Center Teacher Academy

The teacher's workshop was held in Cape Canaveral on January 19-23, 2005. The four participants and their associations are listed below:

  1. Jennifer Simmons, St. Joseph Catholic Middle School, Des Moines
  2. Kendra Szymoniak, St. Joseph Catholic Middle School, Des Moines
  3. Joseph Dolan, Table Mound School, Dubuque
  4. Debra Stork, Jefferson Middle School, Dubuque


Marshall Space Flight Center Teacher Academy

The teacher's workshop was held in Huntsville, Alabama on February 16-20, 2005. The four particpants and their associations are listed below:

  1. Nadine Jessen, Audubon Jr./Sr. High School, Audubon
  2. Kim Subbert, Audubon Jr./Sr. High School, Audubon
  3. Jill Parsons, Jefferson Elementary School, Pella
  4. Joshua Steenhoek, Jefferson Elementary School, Pella


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Updated: 15 June 2007