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Other Resources and Opportunities

Here are a few non-Galileo-specific opportunities, resources, and programs that we think you'll also want to investigate:

• NASA CORE (Central Operation of Resources for Educators) is a world-wide distribution center for NASA's audiovisual educational materials, including: videotape programs, slide sets, computer software, and laser disks. These items are available at for a minimal fee. They also sell NASA memorabilia, such as pencils, T-shirts, and astronaut ice cream. You can obtain a free catalog by writing or calling:

  NASA-CORE
  Lorain County JVS
  15181 Route 58 South
  Oberlin, OH 44074
  (216) 774-1051
  (216) 774-2144 fax
  

• NEWEST (NASA Educational Workshop for Elementary School Teachers) and NEWMAST (NASA Educational Workshop for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Teachers: Teachers selected for these programs join an intensive two-week workshop at a NASA center, where they visit facilities, attend seminars, work with NASA educational specialists, share teaching experiences and ideas with other participants, etc.; they also receive travel expenses, housing, meals, and graduate credit. For information and an application, contact:

  NSTA (National Science Teachers Association)
  1840 Wilson Blvd.
  Arlington, VA 22201
  

• Windows to the Universe is a user-friendly World-Wide Web site that includes a rich array of documents (including images, movies, animations, and data sets) that explore Earth and Space sciences and the historical and cultural ties between science, exploration, and the human experience. http://www.windows.umich.edu

• PUMAS (Practical Uses of Math and Science) is an on-line journal of Math and Science Examples that is aimed at helping K-12 teachers enrich their presentation of science and math. This Web Site is currently collecting and reviewing examples, and volunteer reviewers are needed. PUMAS will be advertised to general users after it has gathered a significant number of examples, probably in Spring or Summer of 1997. http://pumas.jpl.nasa.gov

• The Summer Science Program is a rigorous, 6-week summer "science camp"-type program for highly motivated high school juniors. It is held at the Thacher School in Ojai, California. For more information, contact:

  Mr. Roger Klausler
  Administative Director
  Summer Science Program
  The Thacher School
  Ojai, California, 93023
  (805) 646-4377
  rklausler@thacher.pvt.k12.ca.us
  

• The San Juan Institute is a research and education center involved in planetary and Earch science. They offer a number of excellent programs, from elementary school field trips on a "Journey Through the Solar System" to high school and undergraduate internships and participation in community and school district science fairs. http://www.sji.org