Educational Outreach Corner

Be an Educational Ambassador to Jupiter!

Project Galileo announces the Educational Ambassador to Jupiter Program for K-12 educators. The role of the educational ambassadors will be to inform their local communities about what's happening with the Galileo mission and the fascinating findings from our tour of the Jovian system. They will

1. Participate in an introductory training session to be conducted via telecon, web technology videocon, e-mail distribution, or other electronic means (at their own locations, concurrently).
2. Conduct two local Galileo public events (for example, a teacher workshop, PTA or school board presentation, regional scout group talk) to provide general information on the Galileo mission and some of the interesting results being obtained about Jupiter and its system.
3. Work with a local science museum or planetarium to set up a program involving Galileo's results (slides, videos, etc. are available).
4. Send a brief e-mail report to the Galileo Outreach Office after each public event or planetarium/museum coordination effort.

Two educators from each state across the country will be selected by Project Galileo to be the local representatives for our program. In return for their proactive public education about the Galileo mission and its stunning results from Jupiter's system, each ambassador will receive bimonthly direct mailings of the latest Galileo public and educational outreach products (videos, posters, postcards, brochures, slide sets, and educator guides). The initial term for the ambassadors will be May through December 1997. (Renewal is possible for the extended mission.) At the end of a term, ten ambassadors will be randomly selected to receive a framed Galileo image, T-shirt, and mug.

Since all correspondence will be handled through e-mail, you must have e-mail access to participate. Applications will be received from e-mail ONLY. To obtain an application form, send your e-mail to ambassadors@ galileo.jpl.nasa.gov and in the body of the message include "Please send Ambassador to Jupiter application form." Instructions on how to apply are on the application form. April 28, 1997, is the deadline for e-mailing your application; selected ambassadors will be notified May 9, 1997, by e-mail.

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