Covid-19 Pandemic but still active virtually

 My husband and I are still busy as Solar System Ambassadors with NASA. 

• Meet SHERLOC, the detective aboard Perserverance the Mars Rover and more

  Virtual from our Home

 

Past Events Hosted by Cynthia Whisennand

• Rockets Then and Now

  Townsell TWIX Read-a-Thon

• National Aerospace Education Academy

  AirVenture Museum

• Genesis is Coming Back

  Dallas Composite Sqdn Civil Air Patrol Senior Members

• Genesis Goes Splat!

  National Space Society North Texas Chapter

• Discovery Missions and Genesis

  Dallas Composite Sqdn Civul Air Patrol Senior Members

• Elliott Reading Day

  Elliott Elementary School

• Einstein's Big Idea

  Irving Public Library

• Roving Mars

  Cinemark Imax Theater

• Space Overview

  Fort Worth Alliance Air Show

• Mentorship

  MacArthur High School
   

Looking Ahead to a New Year

We have had a great year. My husband and I are both Solar System Ambassadors with NASA JPL. This past summer we had the opportunity to visit JPL as part of our trip to see Disneyland in CA.

Moon Day 2014

Moon Day is at Frontier's of Flight Museum from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM tis Saturday July 19th.
I am presenting Orbits 101.

Moon Day at the Frontiers of Flight Museum

Almost 1000 people attended Moon Day July 16th at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas,TX. Many groups participated including Solar System Ambassadors. I taught a Toys in Space Class.

Space: An Infinite Resource

Space : An Infinite Resource
Presented by
Cynthia Whisennand

Handout for Workshop Text

Science Fiction Book Reviews

Science News for Kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/scifizone/bookarchive.asp

Children’s and YA Science Fiction Novels
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/favorites/by_genre/science_fic.html
Science Fiction List Monroe County Public Library
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/science_fiction.html

Books—Elementary

Beyond Pluto : the final frontier in space / Elaine Landau.

The Challenger Space Shuttle explosion / by William Caper.

Comets, stars, the Moon, and Mars : space poems and paintings / by Douglas Florian.

Deep space extremes / James Bow.

Destination space / Seymour Simon.

Eek & Ack, ooze slingers from outer space / Blake A. Hoena

Larklight, or, The revenge of the white spiders!, or, To Saturn's rings and back! : a rousing tale of dauntless pluck in the farthest reaches of space / as chronicl'd by Art Mumby with the aid of Philip Reeve

The space mission adventure / Sharon M. Draper

Space : surviving in zero-G / Donna Latham.

Space math / Kieran Walsh.

Space leftovers : a book about comets, asteroids, and meteoroids / Dana Meachen Rau

Books– Middle / High
Final countdown : NASA and the end of the Space Shuttle Program / Pat Duggins.

The hazards of space travel : a tourist's guide / Neil F. Comins.

Introducing It came from outer space / Simone Payment.

The race for space : the United States and the Soviet Union compete for the new frontier / Betsy Kuhn.

Space and astronomy : the people behind the science / Scott McCutcheon and Bobbi McCutcheon.

Space Ghost / Joe Kelly, writer

Websites
The Young Astronauts Council
http://sites.google.com/site/youngastronautcouncil/
Members are able to use online teaching resources.

4H Clubs
http://4-h.org/programs_mission_mandates/set.html
Rocketry program and a goal of helping 1 million young people decide to be scientists.

Boy Scouts of America Merit Badges
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Space Exploration Merit badge, astronomy etc.

Sally Ride Science
http://www.sallyridescience.com/for_educators
Sponsor a club or purchase teaching materials

Main NASA Home
http://www.nasa.gov/
Educators page allows you to find educational materials to download. Speaker’s Bureau allows you to request a n visit from an astronaut. Organizations may borrow NASA exhibits.

Beginners Guide to Rockets
http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/bgmr.html
Information and computer simulations about rockets

Engineering Design Challenge
http://eto.nasa.gov/
Classroom guide for science activities

Flash Earth
http://www.flashearth.com/
satellite imagery

Civil Air Patrol
http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/html/educators.htm
Online science teaching materials and award opportunities

Heavens-Above
http://www.heavens-above.com/
where to look in the sky for ISS, Shuttle, stars, and planets.

Solar System Ambassadors Program
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/index.html
Volunteer speakers about the newest from NASA

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=8
Free membership for teachers. Members have access to online teaching resources

National Space Society
http://www.nss.org/
Special help for educators including moon rock certification and book reviews

Young Astronauts are Back

I was a Young Astronaut Leader for 4 years. A couple of years ago the Young Astronaut website disappeared and I was confused. Yesterday I got am email from the Young Astronaut Council - they are back. This is an announcement that the Young Astronaut Council has been reorganized. Please be aware there is a new Official Young Astronaut Council web site www.youngastronautcouncil.org. The office is accepting renewals for chapter memberships and individual memberships.

Toys in Space

One of the programs that I present is the Toys in Space Program. Two of the Space Shuttle missions took toys with them in order to teach physics. If you check with NASA - toys have also been on the International Space Station. Amoung the toys taken to space were paper airplanes, magnetic marbles, a windup fish and a yo-yo.