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Girl Scouts Provide Feedback on Dawn Find a Meteorite
 
Dawn Educator Conference, June 28-30
 
Santa Monica Astronomy Club Features the Dawn Mission
E/PO Lead presents an overview of the Find a Meteorite interactive tool to Girl Scout troop   E/PO facilitators working with Dawn Launch conference educators   Dawn scientist presenting overview of Dawn mission at Santa Monica Astronomy club meeting

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

  Science educators from more than 20 states convened in Cape Caneveral, Florida for the Dawn Mission Educator Conference, June 28-30. + Read more
  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.
2007 NSTA Educator's Workshop, St. Louis, MO
 
Dawn Educator Workshop at DMNS, Denver, CO
 
Visit to Glenn
Research Laboratory
E/PO team presenting overview of Dawn Hisotry of Asteroids module at NSTA   E/PO Director explains FAM interactive   Ion testing stand at Glenn Research Center
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.

  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
Astronomy Day at Kansas City, School District
 

JPL Open House
 
NASA Student Involvement Program Awards Ceremony
E/PO team presenting overview of Dawn Hisotry of Asteroids module   Dawn Mission Team Booth at JPL open house   Picture of three NASA medals.

On April 21, 2007, under the direction of Bob Riddle, students celebrated Astronomy Day at the Kansas City, South Dakota 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.   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.

Calibrated Peer Review
       
Arlene Russell Facilitating Calibrated Peer Reivew workshop        
Teachers tapped into cutting-edge educational technology during a three-day Calibrated Peer Review ™ workshop sponsored by the Dawn mission.        
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