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NASA has selected 11 educator teams for its 2016 Airborne /L]HWWH&DEUHUDDQG&DVVDQGUD&DEUHUD0HQGH])XQGDPHQWDO Center at Heartland Community College, Normal, Ill.)
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The program is a professional development opportunity for -HQQLIHU&DWHOOL5LVLQJ7LGH&KDUWHU3XEOLF6FKRRO3O\P- Marie Thornsberry (Hughbanks Elementary, Rialto, Calif.)
educators designed to improve teaching methods and to inspire outh, Massachusetts) and Eric O’Dea (Museum of Science, Boston, -RVHSK:ULJKW$VWURQRPLFDO6RFLHW\RI.DQVDV&LW\%OXH
students. As part of the preparation, the Airborne Astronomy Am- Mass.)
bassadors complete a graduate credit astronomy course and are Springs, Mo.) and Lario Yerino (Liberty North High School, Lib-
partnered with professional astronomers to participate as the sci- (GLH)ULVELH-RVHSK+HQU\(OHPHQWDU\6FKRRO*DOZD\1HZ erty, Mo.)
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Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. 7KHVHDPEDVVDGRUVZKRDUHH[SHFWHGWRÀ\GXULQJIDOODQG
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a 2.5-meter (100-inch) telescope that uses a suite of seven instru- Miss.) District of Columbia.
ments to study celestial objects at infrared wavelengths during 10-
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39,000 and 45,000 feet (12-14 kilometers) above more than 99 Falls High School, Chagrin Falls, Ohio) and Ebony Moreen (Heri- Center. NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.,
percent of the water vapor in the Earth’s atmosphere that blocks in- tage Middle School, Painesville, Ohio). manages the SOFIA program. The aircraft is based at NASA’s
frared energy from reaching ground-based observatories.
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“NASA’s SOFIA observatory provides a fantastic op- liamsville, Ill.) and Stacey Shrewsbury (Challenger Learning in Palmdale, Calif. Ames manages the SO-
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and appreciate the research process,” said Hashima Hasan, Association headquartered in Columbia,
SOFIA program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Wash- Md., and the German SOFIA Institute at the
ington. “SOFIA presents a unique opportunity for educa- University of Stuttgart. The SETI Institute in
tors to interact with researchers making observations on Mountain View, Calif., and the Astronomical
board the SOFIA airborne observatory. The educators can 6RFLHW\RIWKH3DFL¿FLQ6DQ)UDQFLVFRPDQ-
then take what they learn back into their classrooms and age SOFIA’s education and public engage-
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well as the wide variety of science, technology, engineer-
ing, and math career paths available to students.” For more information about SOFIA, visit
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For information about SOFIA’s science
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Trevor, Wisconsin) and Geoff Holt (Madison Metropolitan or http://www.dsi.uni-stuttgart.de/index.
School District, Madison, Wisc.) en.html.
-HII%DOGZLQ/DWKURS+LJK6FKRRO/DWKURS&DOLI Additional information about the Airborne
and Larry Grimes Sierra High School, Manteca, Calif.) Astronomy Ambassadors can be found at
http://www.seti.org/aaa.
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souri) and Melanie Knocke (Columbia Public Schools
Planetarium, Columbia, Mo.)
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