Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium

Professional Development

WSGC-sponsored science workshops: NCESD offers professional development to educators within North Central Washington.

Education programs: Professional development workshops offer help in integrating space science into curriculum through museum workshops, outreach programs and distance learning.
Washington Aerospace Scholars: A distance learning and summer residency program for high school juniors.

Astro Adventures: Two astronomy curricula address national and state elementary space science standards.

WSGC workshops: Free workshops designed to deepen teachers' knowledge of the Earth-Sun-Moon system.

NASA Quest: For educators, kids and space enthusiasts who are interested in meeting and learning about NASA people and the national space program.
GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment): A worldwide, school-based Earth system science and education program.

NASA Explorer Schools: An innovative partnership between NASA and individual schools to increase student interest and abilities in science, mathematics and technology.
NASA Aerospace Education Services Project: AESP reaches out to the formal and informal education communities in all fifty states and the U.S. territories.
NASA Pre-Service Teacher Institutes: PSTI was developed to provide an in-depth NASA experience for pre-service teachers, giving them time to learn how to incorporate NASA's cutting-edge research into lesson plans for elementary and middle school students.