Education
Space Colony Lesson Plans
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=space+colony&media=lesson
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/space-colony-imitation-polish-radio-station
NASA Space Settlement Competition
http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/contest/
Space Colonization
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/pathfinders/colony.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_colonization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Space_Colonization
An Artistic View of Outer Space
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3233
McGraw Hill
International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG)
A new trend involves 14 national space agencies combining their efforts toward future space missions.
This entity has links to educational resources at http://www.globalspaceexploration.org/links
For recent US educational policy information: http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp
next decade. See Click here to watch the President's remarks.
K-12 STEM EDUCATION REPORT
September 15, 2010 the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a plan for improvements in K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education. For more information, see these features on the above website:
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To the Moon Project:
http://www.e-missions.net/mmab/
Revolutionary book entitled Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge by Toru Iiyoshi and M.S. Vijay Kumar (2008)
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/chapters/0262033712pref1.pdf
A Time article regarding President Obama's education reform plan
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1972996,00.html
Another states:
A $4.35 billion fund for states based of their willingness to reform their schools… Read more: at http://www.educationindustrynews.com/category/education-reform or http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1957277,00.html?iid=sphere-inline-sidebar#ixzz0ocT8DdgA
Education Industry News
http://www.educationindustrynews.com/
Coalition for Space Exploration
http://spacecoalition.com/education-station
Students for Space Exploration and Development of Outer Space
The "whole child"
http://www.umsl.edu/~fazzaroc/Critical/id12.htm
On the complexities of teaching "the oppressed" and "subjugated" people of the world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedagogy_of_the_Oppressed
Genius grants:
There is a fresh new momentum. People are finally understanding that every child has a right to strive and to achieve greatness. Here are several examples.
INTEL Science Talent Search
Most space organizations and agencies have information on their websites for K-12 students and college students. Spend time researching resources linked to websites.
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html
NASA Missions
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/index.html
The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere. Has a large volume of teaching videos on YouTube covering topics such as basic arithmetic, algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' website contains a wealth of resources for educators and students to enhance all forms of learning programs. See
http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=5
K-12 Programs
Educator Associates
AIAA Foundation Classroom Grants
Resources to Make Money Stretch
Ask Polaris
AIAA Foundation Educator Achievement Award
Curriculum and Homework Help
Educational Partners
Resources to Inspire Your Students
Kid's Place
Students & Educators Photo Album
University Educators
Design Competitions
Scholarships
Student Branches
Student Conferences
Student Journal
Ask Polaris
Ask An Engineer
Board of Directors
Student Liaison