MEEC Announces "Key Issues" Scholarship Applications Due By 4/2/12

The Mojave Environmental Education Consortium (MEEC) has announced the availability of three full scholarships (including registration, airfare, and lodging) for core academic teachers of grades 5 through 8 to attend one of three sessions of the "Key Issues: Bringing Environmental Issues to the Classroom" symposium at the Keystone Education Center in Colorado in June or July 2012.  The scholarships are sponsored by the generosity of organizations such as the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District, Lockheed Martin - Palmdale, Boeing, Los Angeles County Sanitation District, and MEEC.  Applications must be received by MEEC by no later than 2 April 2012, and may be e-mailed to Violette Roberts at vroberts@mdaqmd.ca.gov , faxed to (760) 241-6271, or mailed to MEEC at 14306 Park Avenue, Victorville, CA  92392.

For more information about the Institute itself, visit http://www.keystone.org/cfe/pel/services/key-issues.  For information on the scholarships and to download the application, go to http://www.meeconline.com/2012-key-issues-scholarship-announcement/. 

Palmdale AERO Institute Announces AREES Application Deadline of 4/29/11

NASA's Airborne Research Experiences for Educators and Students (AREES) program is seeking applications from qualified STEM or language arts teachers or pre-service teachers of students in grades 6-9 to participate in a three-day experiential learning workshop to be held in Palmdale, CA on July 13-15 and July 27-29, 2011.  "Participants will learn how NASA conducts airborne science and flight research via NASA interactive, technology-rich learning module for teachers and students.  Attendees also visit NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., and NASA’s Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif. Further, educators will learn how to participate in an innovative, emergent teacher-student design challenge: Plan a Flight Mission -- Improving Earthquake Monitoring. Select teams and individuals who participate in the challenge may be able to participate in a real airborne research experience in 2012."  Applications are due by 29 April 2011, or until all positions are filled.  For more information, visit visit http://www.aeroi.org/K6.php or contact Shaun Smith at shaun.smith@nasa.gov.  (NASA AERO Institute Palmdale Release)