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Back To School Special
Please see the schedule for individual
event archives.
Thursday, October 5, 2000
8:00 am PT - 7:00 pm PT / 11:00 am ET / 10 pm ET
[SCHEDULE] [PROFILES] [OVERVIEW]
[CURRICULUM]
Overview
Women of NASA and our Young Women
of NASA Advisory Council present an all day series of chats, forums,
and webcasts featuring select female leaders from a broad spectrum of
professions within NASA. These female role models are involved in a variety
of careers that include launching the Space Shuttle, processing Shuttle
hardware, payload experiments, and mission critical work. Join these scientists
and engineers as they meet with hundreds of students, parents, and schools
worldwide to discuss and celebrate opportunities, as well as gain insight
into the professional and personal aspects of their lives.
Featured events include video interviews of NASA women conducted by
our Young Women of NASA representatives when the visited Kennedy Space
Center for the recent STS106 launch. Our young women will present their
perspectives of science, math, and engineering careers and what it takes
to succeed in these disciplines. Women of NASA is now working in collaboration
with Astro-Venture, a new
interactive, educational Web site where students in grades 5-8 role-play
NASA occupations, as they search for and build a planet habitable to
humans. Students can access an Astro-Venture career
fact sheet and trading card for many of the women featured on this
day. The secret location of the trading cards will only be revealed
during the interactive events.
Participants may interact with our NASA women through Chats, Webcasts,
or the Forum - moderated and hosted by our Young Women of NASA. The
live Chats will feature one select woman each hour on the hour from
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET and do not require
preregistration. The Forum is open throughout the day from 8:00 a.m.
- 3:00 p.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET and will feature a panel
of women from Kennedy Space Center who are involved in various components
of Space Shuttle processing and launch. Registration is not necessary
for the Forum and you may join in when it is most convenient. An observation
room is also available for both the Chat and Forum. The Webcasts offer
live streaming video and a chat room component for interaction. All
dialogue will be archived and available as a link from the featured
women's profile and the schedule page. Please be sure to research
the featured mentors and prepare for the technologies used prior to
joining the events. Complete directions and links can be found on the
schedule
page.
The Back to School Special is comprised of four interrelated components:
- Research and Preparation
Profiles and biographies of the featured women are available for research
prior to the event, and can be found by linking from the featured
woman's name on the schedule
or on the profiles page. You are strongly encouraged to research the
featured women prior to the chats in order to form appropriate questions
that cannot be answered by another source. Archives and links to additional
interactive events and resources are also included in their profiles.
Video profiles filmed by our Young Women offer their perspectives
of these women. RealPlayer is required to view them and links are
provided to download. Curriculum
and a Web Chat Lesson to do before, during and after these events
is also available online or as downloadable PDF files. Acrobat
Reader Plug-in plug-in is required to download.
- Preregistration
Preregistration for the Chats is not required for this day. Due to
the high interest in this day we will have many participants. The
number of students able to submit questions live during the chat is
not limited, but the chat is moderated and we will post questions
as the expert is ready. Our experts will do their best to answer as
many questions as they can. The most thoughtful and prepared questions
will be chosen first. Therefore, once you have researched the featured
women and have decided which chat(s) you wish to participate in, go
to the schedule page. There are specific chat directions
that you should become familiar with prior to the chats.
- Interacting
To chat, in the Forum or Webchats, click on the "join us" link.
You will go directly to the chat room. Chat rooms open 5 minutes before
the event. The Forum will remain open throughout the day and you may
post or read answers at any time. The Webcasts require you
to have RealPlayer on you computer. Links to download are provided
on the event pages.
- Follow-up
All contents and information from these pages and this event will
be archived and available as a link from the Women of NASA archives page.The archived chats and profiles are a rich
source of information when studying careers, gender equity, women's
issues, and information specific to each woman's profession. Teaching
tips on how you may use this event and the Women of NASA project are
available on our teaching tips page.
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