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Science Unwrapped Presentation by Mark Sykes	Flipping Our Way Around Vesta: Creating an Asteroid Animation	Lecture: Mars, Saturn, Asteroids and Beyond

Nearly 300 explorers traveled through a simulated model of the solar system at Utah State University on Friday, June 26, 2009. After featured speaker Mark Sykes' evening lecture: The Dawn Mission: The Origin of Life and the Great Planet Debate, Sykes greeted the travelers at the end of their orbit at "Pluto," where they enjoyed an out-of-this world treat—Aggie Ice Cream. + Read article	In addition to creating their own animated flipbook of Hubble images taken of asteroid, Vesta, students enjoyed llearning about accretion and simulated a model of Vesta with different-colored clay. + See slideshow + Join the Fun! + Modeling in 3-D + Vesta Flipbook	Chase a comet onboard ROSETTA and swoop past volcanoes at Jupiter’s Io on the way to Pluto. Visit the Shuttle Launch Pad with Dr. Ken Kremer as NASA readies the final Hubble Servicing Mission. His lecture includes spectacular 3-D images placing you “Beyond Earth”. + Learn more
Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) at Denver Academy of Torah	Helping define planets, dwarf planets, and asteroids	Finding Meteorites After School

7th and 8th graders and their teacher, Rabbi Hyiam Reiffman, pilot tested Seeing Faraway Things as though Nearby using Calibrated Peer Review (CPR). Their classroom buzzed as the students learned about the discovery of telescopes, assessed each other’s writing, and voiced their perspective on the experience! + See slideshow	Read about how the decision by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2006 has redefined the term planet in the Science Scope's Science Sampler about NASA's Dawn mission. + Learn more	Find out how NASA's Dawn Find A Meteorite (FAM) interactive tool has been used successfuly in afterschool settings to investigate and explore properties in matter to further enhance students' understanding of the mysteries and origin of the solar system. + Learn more
Dawn at STEMapalooza! What on Earth?	Girl Scouts Provide Feedback on Dawn Find a Meteorite	A Dream Come True: Searching for Meteorites

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) came together in Denver, Colorado on October 24–25, 2008 for a palooza! + Learn more	In Brighton, Colorado, McREL's Dawn Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) lead, John Ristvey, presents an overview of the Find A Meteorite (FAM) interactive tool. + Learn more	"It wasn’t until 2006, when I found myself seated at a meeting with Ralph Harvey, the head of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program, that I could now seek the opportunity to pursue my dream of searching for meteorites...." + Read More about Dr. Lucy McFadden's presentation in Denver, Colorado
Image of Dawn Spacecraft 600,000 miles away	All Aboard the Dawn Spacecraft	Dawn Educator Conference, June 28-30

Bill Dillon, regular advanced user of Sierra Stars Observatory, used the Sierra Stars Observatory telescope to image the Dawn spacecraft early in October, 2007. The spacecraft was only 20th magnitude and moving fast. Dawn was in a fairly crowded star field at the time, but, fortunately, the spacecraft was not hidden behind stars. + Enlarge image	During the “Send Your Name to the Asteroid Belt” campaign, more than 360,000 people signed up to participate in a virtual voyage to the asteroid belt. The computer chip holding all the participants’ names has been installed on the Dawn spacecraft in preparation for flight in Fall, 2007. + See Feature Story	Science educators from more than 20 states convened in Cape Caneveral, Florida for the Dawn Mission Educator Conference, June 28-30. + Read more
Santa Monica Astronomy Club Features the Dawn Mission	2007 NSTA Educator's Workshop, St. Louis, MO	Dawn Educator Workshop at DMNS, Denver, CO

In Santa Monica, California, Dawn's Deputy Principal Investigator, Carol Raymond, presents an overview of the goals, science, technology, and challenges of the Dawn Mission at the May Santa Monica Astronomy Club meeting.	McREL E/PO lead presents overview of the History and Discovery of Asteroids module at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference in St. Louis, Missouri.	At the Denver Museum of Natural History in Denver, Colorado, Lucy McFadden, Dawn E/PO Director & Co-Investigator walks interested participants through the Find a Meteorite interactive to learn how meteorites provide clues to unlocking the mysteries of the asteroid belt.
Visit to Glenn Research Laboratory	Astronomy Day at Kansas City, School District	JPL Open House

In April, 2007 Lucy McFadden, Dawn E/PO Director & Co-Investigator visited the team developing the Next Generation Ion Propulsion technology at Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. + Learn more	On April 21, 2007, under the direction of Bob Riddle, students celebrated Astronomy Day at the Kansas City, Missouri Planetarium. In addition to watching presentations to increase awareness about astronomy, students learned how to spot Vesta in the morning sky and experimented with the Ion Propulsion interactive.	The Dawn Mission Team participated in JPL Open House at Pasadena, California May 20-21, 2006.
NASA Student Involvement Program Awards Ceremony	Calibrated Peer Review

Medals are presented to students at the Milken Community Middle School during the NASA Student Involvement Program awards ceremony May 23, 2005 by E/PO manager, Joe Wise.	Teachers tapped into cutting-edge educational technology during a three-day Calibrated Peer Review ™ workshop sponsored by the Dawn mission.