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Teresa Moss is director of the Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Gallery located on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. She has held that post since April 2003 shortly after the Gallery opened in February. One of her responsibilities in that position is education and public outreach. As such, she works closely with local public and private school science educators and school children, as well as college professors and their students. Besides giving tours of the gallery, Teresa is involved in developing space science curriculum and hands-on activities. She has presented several educator workshops on the topic of meteorites and has planned and implemented two free community space science events hosted through the Monnig Meteorite Gallery. Those events were "See & Touch Mars" and "Jupiter Day."
The public response to the gallery, the educational programs, and the community events has been spectacular. Teresa is thrilled to watch the expressions of visitors as they touch a 4.5 billion year old rock from space or look through a telescope for the very first time. More information about the Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Gallery or about meteorites in general is available at http://monnigmuseum.tcu.edu
Before coming to the Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Gallery, Teresa worked as a middle school science teacher in both public and private schools in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex area. Currently, she is completing her thesis for a Master of Science in Environmental Sciences. Teresa hopes to graduate in May 2005. She also have earned a Master of Education degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology with a minor in biology.
Playing a role in igniting and launching a person's imagination into the realm of space science and exploration is enormously rewarding. Teresa looks forward to providing even more opportunities for the residents of DFW to engage in personal experiences and discoveries involving space science and space exploration.
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