Afterschool Universe, an astronomy afterschool program for middle-schoolers, has an upcoming training workshop to be held on September 23-24 at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. The deadline for signing up is September 14. This will be a 2-day comprehensive, in-person training that will prepare you to lead our program or train others to do so. We cover a lot of material in this time, so please plan to be on time and stay all day on both days. After successfully completing this training, you will receive a certificate which documents your participation. Unfortunately, at this time there is no way to participate in this training at a distance. This training is free to all participants, and contingent upon sufficient signups. Please note that we cannot cover travel expenses if you need to travel to attend one of these trainings. Also please note that due to government facility security considerations, we will only be accepting US Citizens for this training. You can sign up for this training on our website at universe.nasa.gov/au/training.html Please note that while anybody can access the online program resources or attend one of our in-person trainings, the curriculum is targeted at kids in out-of-school-time programs in the middle-school age range (rising fifth graders to eighth graders), and this training will be tailored towards people that work with those groups. The materials to run our program mostly consists of stuff that is easily obtainable at the grocery store, Kmart, etc., with only a few materials that need to be purchased at specialized retailers. Find out more about Afterschool Universe and view the available online resources at universe.nasa.gov/afterschool/
Posted on: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:47:59 +0000
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