ESA Human Spaceflight Teachers Workshop

ESA Human Spaceflight Teachers Workshop

28-30 June 2010

The International Space Station (ISS) has become a veritable "classroom in space" for many educational events and, given that it is scheduled to remain in orbit until at least 2020, will continue to be so. As part of this, European teachers have had access to Human Spaceflight (HSF) education resources consisting of both printed materials and web based resources which have been directly developed as a result of linking educational activities performed on the ISS to curriculum topics in teachers' classrooms.

To facilitate this ongoing support to European educators to bring innovative and inspiring ideas to enhance their curriculum, the first ESA summer workshops will be held at ESA/ESTEC in the Netherlands from 28 to 30 June 2010. Secondary school teachers from all the ESA Member State countries (of which the UK is one) are invited to apply for a limited number of places.

The event will include:
- Workshops from science communicators and educators
- Hands-on activities to take back to use in the classroom
- Resources from human spaceflight education
- A say in what you would like to see as a future education resource from ESA human spaceflight
- A chance to brainstorm on education experiments that could be performed on the ISS
- Visit to Space Expo and ESTEC
- A talk from an astronaut
- Teachers will be able to share amongst themselves best practices in using space in the classroom from their experience.

Interested secondary school teachers are asked to fill in a form which will include a short testimonial as to why they would make a suitable candidate for the workshop. The deadline for submission is 1 June and the successful candidates will be informed by 4 June. There will be a discretionary payment made towards transport costs however all other internal workshop costs and accommodation will be covered by D/HSF.

Further information and entry forms can be downloaded from the ESA website.