Iowa Space Grant Consortium

Precollege Awards: 2007-2008


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 8-10, 2007. The SEEC conference attendees and their associations are listed below:

  1. Becky Chipman, New Park Elementary School, Harlan, Iowa
  2. Brenda Drake, AGWSR Middle School, Wellsburg, Iowa
  3. Julie Meneough, IKM Elementary School, Irwin, Iowa


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 science educator teams who attended training sessions at NASA Centers and brought their experiences back to their classrooms, schools, and colleagues.  In 2007, the teams went to: Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama, and Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.


Marshall Space Flight Center Teacher Academy

This workshop was held in Huntsville, Alabama on February 21-25, 2007. The eight particpants and their associations are listed below:

  1. Alyssa Dobson, Alta Community School, Cherokee, Iowa
  2. Sherry Shaefer, Alta Community School, Cherokee, Iowa
  3. Jon Campbell, Keokuk Middle School, Keokuk, Iowa
  4. Louis Clark, Keokuk Middle School, Keokuk, Iowa
  5. Devin Schwiesow, St. Ansgar High School, St. Ansgar, Iowa
  6. Robert Peterson, St. Ansgar High School, St. Ansgar, Iowa
  7. Paula Carlson, Tripoli Community School, Tripoli, Iowa
  8. Stacey Snyder, Tripoli Community School, Tripoli, Iowa

Kennedy Space Center Teacher Academy #1

This workshop was held at Cape Canaveral on April 18-22, 2007. The two participants and their associations are listed below:

  1. Dennis Vaughn, Baxter Community Schools, Baxter, Iowa
  2. Jason Aker, Baxter Community Schools, Baxter, Iowa

Kennedy Space Center Teacher Academy #2

This workshop was held at Cape Canaveral on July 30 - August 4, 2007. The two participants and their associations are listed below:

  1. Jill Parsons, Jefferson Elementary, Pella, Iowa
  2. Kari Ringgenberg-Pingel, Jefferson Elementary, Pella, Iowa


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Updated: 29 November 2007