Houston Area Science Conference

[DAVID BIGWOOD 486-2134 <bigwood@LPI.DNET.NASA.GOV>]

                           AN INVITATION TO ATTEND

                         AN OPEN HOUSE FOR EDUCATORS
             at the 26th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

            PLANETARY SCIENCE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

               Tuesday, March 14, AND Thursday, March 16, 1995
                    Open House between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m.

                        Lunar and Planetary Institute
                           3600 Bay Area Boulevard
                            Houston TX 77058-1113


Try out hands-on activities with scientists!
Take home handouts and samples!
Sample new software and CD-ROMs!
Meet and talk with scientists informally!

The Lunar and Planetary Institute and the NASA Johnson Space Center
invite educators to attend a special open house exhibit on education at
the 26th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Titled "Planetary
Science Educational Activities and Technology," the open house will
feature displays, demonstrations, and exhibits of the many educational
outreach projects developed by members of the planetary science
community across the country and around the world.

The session will be held in the Center for Information and Research
Services of the Lunar and Planetary Institute on Tuesday, March 14, and
again on Thursday, March 16, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Scientists who have
developed these projects will be on hand to discuss them with attendees.

The exhibits will include:

o "The Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program: Outreach for Mars Global
   Surveyor, Mars Pathfinder, and Other Missions"

o "Planetary Science Education: The SJI Program"

o "Adventures in Space and Atmospheric Science"

o "Project Artist: Integrating Astronomy and Planetary Sciences into the
   Elementary and Middle School Curriculum"

o "TekLab: Excitement in the Elementary School"

o "Space Science Education Program for K-5 Students"

o "World-Wide-Web Tools for Locating Planetary Images"

o "The Internet as a Medium for Public Debate on the Issue of Returning
   to the Moon"

o "Space Science Education Using the World Wide Web"

o "Development and Use of Multimedia Material in Planetary Science"

o "The Use of Image Processing in the Classroom"

o "Planetary Rover Unit: A Hands-on Educational Facility to Motivate
   K-12 Students Towards Excellence in Science and Mathematics"

o "The Venus Hypermap: Hypermedia Education and Publication Via the
   World-Wide Web"

A booklet of short descriptions of the programs on display will be
available free to attendees.

PARK-AND-RIDE

Parking spaces at the Lunar and Planetary Institute will be in short
supply because the education open house will be held in parallel with
regular technical poster sessions of the Conference. We recommend that
educators use the park-and-ride shuttles from University of Houston-
Clear Lake Student Parking Lot D (call 713-486-2182 for maps). These
shuttles will run continuously from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. The last shuttle
will depart LPI at 10:00 p.m.

INFORMATION

For further information, please phone 713-486-2182.

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