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Reporting from the Field! Read the Journals / See the Photos

Webcasts: March 28

• Archive - English
• Archive - Spanish

Earn University Credit:

• Course Information
• Registration: Deadline March 22, 2007

Training Sessions:

• Monday, January 29, First training session:
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  -Slides for this session

• Tuesday, February 13
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  -Slides for this session
  Homework references:
  --Desert Landforms and Surface Processes in the Mojave National Preserve and Vicinity, http://lsweb.la.asu.edu/fgarcia-pichel
  --http://www.soilcrust.org
  --The camels of the prokaryotic world, by F.A. Rainey, K.E. Ray, N. Ward-Rainey
  --Endolithic Cyanobacteria in Halite Rocks from the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert - Jacek Wierzchos
  -- Microbial Ecology / Geomicrobiology
  -- Biological Soil Crusts
  -- Stop! Don't step on that soil. It's full of life.
  

• Wednesday, March 7, noon - 1 p.m. PST
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  Slides for this session
  Homework

• Wednesday, Mar. 21, noon - 1 p.m. PDT (note change to daylight savings)
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  --Spaceward Bound: Mojave, Weather at Zzyzx and What To Bring
  --Updated Weather (March 21, 2007)

• Wednesday, Mar. 25 - Presentation by Rob Fulton
  --Introduction to Zzyzx and surrounding area (power point)

• Webcasts: March 28
  • Archive - English
  • Archive - Spanish
  
  
• Final Report Questions (Due June 30)

1. How will you translate your experiences in the Mojave to your students?
2. Describe your personal changes in your outlook on science, teaching, and science research?
3. What was most effective about how the Expedition went?
4. What could be done differently with Spaceward Bound? What other experiences could be offered?
5. Were the pre-expedition broadcasts helpful?  Suggestions for improvements?
6. What did you get out of the personal interaction with scientists and other teachers?  How will it affect your teaching?
7. How can NASA support the next group of teachers and the Spaceward Bound program?
8.  Estimate the number of people who watched the webcast? (school, family, etc.) Provide a breakdown of who watched?
9. If you are a part of an NES school or NEAT program, how did this affiliation affect your experience on the expedition?
10. What do you see Spaceward Bound evolving into in the next 5 years?  What would it look like?
    
• Final Reports from Participants:
  • Evan Justin
  • Mike Lum

Documents:

• Teacher Alumni Meeting 1 (October 30, 2006)
Power Point Slides for this webcast


• Spaceward Bound: Mojave Update (December 7, 2006)
  Power Point Slides for this webcast

• Teacher Alumni Meeting (January 31, 2007)

Biographies:

Abigail Alling - Planetary Coral Reef Foundation
Mathew Allner - Team Lead, NASA Explorer School Teacher
Cherlyn Anderson - Team Lead, NASA Explorer School Teacher
Armando Azúa - Agronomical Engineer, Catholic University of Chile
Joseph Baker - NEAT Teacher, Georgia
Deborah Bazar - Education Technology Team, NASA Ames
Rosalba Bonaccorsi - Sedimentologist, NASA Ames
Henry Bortman - Science Writer, Editor, Astrobiology Magazine
Penelope Boston - Geomicrobiologist, New Mexico Tech
Elaine Bryant - Biological Sciences, San Jose State University
Catherine Campbell - Team Lead, NASA Explorer School Teacher

Frank Cleary - Elementary Teacher
Liza Coe - Educator; NASA Ames Education Division
Renee Condori Apaza - Chemical Engineer, Life Sciences Outreach, NASA Ames
Cassie Conley - Planetary Protection Officer (Acting), NASA Headquarters
John Conley - Photographer
Linda Conrad - Education Technology Team, NASA Ames
Jane Curnutt - California State University, San Bernardino
Gemma Cristóbal Perez - Elementary Teacher (Dual Language Immersion Program)
Alfonso Davila - Magnetotectic Bacteria, NASA Ames
Wanda Davis - Science Coordinator, NASA Ames
Brian Day - Education Technology Team, NASA Ames

Margo Deal
Meg Deppe - Vanguard Prep, Apple Valley, California
Judybett Díaz Fernández - Educational Support, Spanish Web Host
Raymond Dodd - Science and Language Arts Teacher, Columbia Middle School, California
Andrew Duncan -
Alberto G. Fairén - NASA Ames Research Center
Lauren Fletcher - Biological Sciences Design Engineer, NASA Ames
Kirsten Fristad - Planetary Science, Goddard Space Flight Center
Christy Garvin - Vaughan Elementary School, Powder Springs, Georgia
Rebecca Green - Evaluation Coordinator

John Griner
Ben Haller - Astrobiology Student, SJSU
Geoff Hammond - Team Lead, NASA Explorer School Teacher
Tracy Harlan
Melissa Harker - Astrobiology Student, SJSU
Danielle A. Hartkern - Central Park Middle School, Schenectady
Kathaleen A. Hartrum - Spaceward Bound Expedition: Mojave
Leonardo Hernandez - Graduate Student, San Jose State University
Linda Hoover - Riverview Middle School
Evan Justin - Middle School Science Teacher, McMurray Middle School
Monika Kress - Professor of Astronomy, San Jose State University

Jim Kuhl - Math Teacher
Christie LeBeau - 7th Grade Earth Science Teacher
Daniel Loewen - NEAT Teacher, Fresno County Office of Education, California
Guillermina Lopez - Middle School Teacher
Mike Lum - Astrobiology Student, SJSU
Kevin Macdonald - Science Teacher
Michael B. Marchiondo - Integrated Science Teacher, Tredyffrin/Easttown Middle School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Roberto Martinez - Educator, Bilingual Teacher
Paula Matheus - Graduate Student, San Jose State University

Chris McKay - Planetary Scientist, NASA Ames; Expedition Lead
Joe Monaco - Earth Science Teacher, Redlands East Valley High, CA
Jason Moyer-Schmit - Middle School Science Teacher
Rafael Navarro-González -- Laboratory of Plasma Chemistry & Planetary Studies, National Autonomous University, Mexico
Jim Nienow - Biology, Valdosta State University
Robert Palassou - Valley View School
Skip Pendleton - Middle School Science Teacher, Lyme School, NH
Saul Pérez Montaño - Chemist & Soil Researcher, NASA Ames
Eileen Poling - Teacher of Gifted Students
Doug Porter - Rising Sun Ohio County Community Schools

Linda Powers -Molecular Scientist, Utah State University
Jon Rask - Space Biologist
Sabine Rech - Biological Sciences, San Jose State University
Jolene Redvale - Museum Educator
Luther Richardson -Physics/Computer Science Teacher, NEAT member
Dan Ruby - Director, Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center, Reno, Nevada
Robin Salonich - NES Team Member, Middle School Teacher
Sheila Siino - Fourth Grade Science Teacher
Heather Smith - Research Associate , Ecology of Lunar and Martian Analogs, NASA Ames Research Center
Roger J. Spears - Chemistry & Earth Science Teacher

Laura Ann Speegle - Science Teacher
A. Carey Sperling- NES Team Leader, Jim Bridger Middle School, Nevada
Mike Spilde - Cave Research Scientist
Henry Sun - Microbiologist, Desert Research Institute/Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
Jim Taylor - Scientific and Technical Information Services area at NASA Ames Research Center
Jim Thompson - Cave Research Scientist
Melissa Trader - Science Teacher
Maite Trujillo San Martín - Robotics
Esther R. Uceda -- Space Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center
Koby VanBeest - Team Lead, NASA Explorer School Teacher

Naomi Volain - Teacher, High School Biology
Tara Weatherholt - Pre-Service Physics Teacher
Steve Wells - Geomorphology
Sarah.Westover - Science Department Chair. Del Vallejo Middle School
Sam Wheeler - The Franklin Academy, Wake Forest, NC. 
Jacek Wierzchos - Chemist, University of Lerida
Dan Wray - Science Teacher, Lakeview Middle School, NASA NEAT
J. Judson Wynne - Cave Research Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey-Southwest Biological Science Center
Peng Yav - Astrobiology Student, SJSU

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