What: On November 29th, Challenger Learning Center of Greater Washington (CLCGW) will present a live webcast with the Department of Transportation’s Garrett A. Morgan Transportation and Technology Futures Program.
The Let Your Dreams Take Off interactive webcast assembly will be held at Charles Young Elementary School in Washington, D.C. and will involve 142 schools from the District. It is designed to expand awareness of the importance of flight and to inspire and motivate today’s youth in the core subject areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and consider a career in the aerospace industry.
Challenger Learning Center staff will engage D.C. students in interactive astronaut training activities and present students with an opportunity to participate in NASA’s Engineering Design Challenge. In the NASA challenge, K-12 students design and build lunar plant growth chambers to have them evaluated by NASA scientists and engineers.
When: 9:30 A.M. November 29th, Charles Young Elementary School, Washington, D.C.
To view the Let Your Dreams Take Off assembly web cast, visit the Challenger Learning Center of Greater Washington web site at http://www.clcgw.org
The Challenger Center for Space Science Education was founded in 1986 by the families of the astronauts of the space shuttle Challenger 51-L mission. It is dedicated to the educational spirit of that mission. Challenger Learning Center programs continue the crew’s mission of engaging teachers and students in science, mathematics and technology and foster in them an interest to pursue careers in those fields. Challenger Center web casts are supported in part by Kidz Online, a federally funded, nonprofit organization. For more information about Challenger educational web casts in support of the NASA Design Challenge, please visit the main Challenger website at www.challenger.org
Carlos Nunez
Challenger Center of Greater Washington, Alexandria, Va.
(703) 837-5641
cnunez@challenger.org
