Description
The KSC Education Outreach Program provides teachers within a 50-mile radius of KSC with the tools to reach and inspire their students. We seek to capture young people’s interest in science, engineering, mathematics and technology. Over 200 KSC employees volunteer to share their knowledge and experience with teachers and students annually.
- Career Day Speaker
- NASA/KSC employee volunteers share space-related career information with students.
- Interview
- NASA/KSC employee participate in interviews for students seeking information via phone, Email, or in-person.
- Science Fair Judge
- NASA/KSC employee volunteers serve as judges of student projects at Elementary, Regional and State level Science Fairs.
- National Engineers Week
- KSC's observance of National Engineers Week is a voluntary education outreach activity when civil service and contractor engineers and other aerospace employees visit K-12 schools within 50 miles of KSC to engage and help improve student interest in engineering, technology, science, and mathematics, which may lead to increased enrollment figures in the engineering fields.
Eligibility
- School must be within 50 mile radius of KSC
- Topics KSC speakers can support include: various engineering careers, Space Shuttle, Expendable Launch Vehicles, and International Space Station.
How To Apply
If you are an educator at a school within a 50 mile radius of KSC and wish to request a speaker for a Career Day, to supplement a space-related lesson, or judges for your science fair, please submit a request via the Outreach Request form ( HTML or PDF). Mail or Fax the form to the contact below.
Points of Contact
Helen Kane
Mailcode: XA-D2
Kennedy Space Ctr, FL 32899
Voice: (321) 867-4444
Fax: (321) 867-7242
E-mail: Helen.P.Kane@nasa.gov
Related Links
If you are outside the 50 mile radius, but in Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands, please contact the KSC Speakers Bureau or Aerospace Education Specialist Program to book a speaker. If you are requesting an astronaut, you must contact NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Request an astronaut: www.nasa.gov/about/speakers/AN_SB2_Landing.html
Speakers Bureau: http://pao.ksc.nasa.gov/speakers/index.htm
Aerospace Education Services Program (AESP): http://education.ksc.nasa.gov/aesp/aesp.htm
For NASA/KSC Employees who wish to participate as an Education Outreach volunteer, download the volunteer interest packet and send form to the contact above.
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