8/19/2002
Kati Searcy, teacher of the gifted at Mountain Park Elementary School, served as an educator facilitator this summer at California’s NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. She was one of 26 teachers from 11 states selected through a national competition. Searcy helped teachers examine topics related to the five NASA research enterprises: aerospace technology, space science, earth science, human exploration, and development of space, biological and physical research. The workshop focuses on NASA Dryden’s mission of aerospace flight research and how it may be used as a context for developing a thematic approach to teaching mathematics, science, technology and geography. The workshop participants observed NASA’s aeronautical and earth science research through direct interaction with pilots, scientists, engineers and educational specialists. While Kati was in California, another Mountain Park teacher, Julie Carroll, was at the Kennedy Space Center participating in another NASA Educational Workshop. See original Fulton Co. Article Here Go to Ms. Searcy's Web Page Return to the main page.  |