Audience: Teachers of grades 5-12, and pre-service teachers
Application Deadline: Dec. 23, 2023
Institute Dates: June 24-28, 2024
Contact: cmiller@csr.utexas.edu
The 2024 LiftOff Summer Institute is a weeklong training event at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston sponsored by the agency’s Texas Space Grant Consortium. This year’s theme is "Growing on Earth and Beyond." Attendees will explore the vital role plants will play in survival during long-duration missions and ways NASA is innovating plant growth and adaptation. Participants will attend presentations by NASA scientists and engineers, tour NASA facilities, and receive hands-on, inquiry-based classroom activities aligned to education standards. Applicants must be U.S. citizens currently employed as classroom teachers of grades 5-12, or currently enrolled in a pre-service teacher program.
https://www.csr.utexas.edu/liftoff/