28 High School Science Teachers Selected as Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors and Will Fly on NASA’s SOFIA PRESS RELEASE DATE January 26, 2020 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications SETI Institute rmcdonald@seti.org Dr. Dana Backman AAA Principal...
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28 High School Science Teachers Selected as Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors and Will Fly on NASA’s SOFIA PRESS RELEASE DATE January 26, 2020 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications SETI Institute rmcdonald@seti.org Dr. Dana Backman AAA Principal Investigator
SETI Institute dbackman@seti.org Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors Constance Gartner, left, Vicente Washington, second from left, Ira Harden, third from left, and Chelen Johnson, standing, work at the EPO console during the February 14, 2013, flight. Credit: Nicholas A. Veronico January 26, 2020, Mountain View, CA -- The SETI Institute has selected 28 teachers from 13 states as 2020 NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors (AAA). AAA is a professional development program for high school science teachers designed to improve science teaching and increase student learning and STEM engagement. Training includes a week-long immersion experience at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Hangar 703 in Palmdale, California, with parti
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