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N E W S L E T T E R # 8 N O V E M B E R 13, 1 9 9 5
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Passport to Knowledge is sponsoring two electronic field trips for the 1995-96 school year. We are in the last and critically important phase of the Live looking forward to using what we are learning from this process to prepare for Live from the Hubble Telescope in the Spring. This newsletter is usually organized around resources from:
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which together create a field trip to the frontiers of science. However this edition is dedicated to evaluation. We will be sending an evaluation form out to all teachers and students in the next day or so. But we would also like to hear from the rest of you who might not be using these materials directly with students. We want to know why you were involved and what you learned.
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Evaluation form for participants who *DID NOT* use
Live from the Stratosphere with STUDENTS
TEACHER and STUDENT Evaluations have already been
sent to this list SEPARATELY with a letter from
Project Director Geoff Haines-Stiles
All evaluation forms are available on the Web Site
Please take a few minutes and complete this right now... we hope to hear from every person on this list.
I. INFORMATION
YOUR NAME:
POSITION
CONTACT INFORMATION
(If you use these materials with students, please use the Teacher
evaluation form in place of this one.)
WHY DID YOU SIGN UP TO RECEIVE PROJECT UPDATES ON THIS LIST?
DID YOU SHARE THE INFORMATION RECEIVED WITH OTHERS? Yes No
(If yes, estimate the number of people)
WERE YOU INVOLVED WITH A SCHOOL OR INSTITUTION WHICH STAGED A
SPECIAL EVENING EVENT?
(If yes, what was the event like, how many people etc and what did you do?)
PLEASE INDICATE YOUR USE OF THE VARIOUS PROJECT COMPONENTS
(Delete either yes or no to leave only your response)
+ LIVE VIDEOS Yes No
+ TEACHER'S GUIDE (PRINT) Yes No
+ OTHER CO-PACKAGED PRINT MATERIALS Yes No
+ ON-LINE RESOURCES Yes No
+ TAPED VIDEOS Yes No
+ NASA SPACE BASED ASTRONOMY Yes No
+ HANDS-ON "MINI-KIT" (POSTER, GLASSES) Yes No
+ 1-800 HOTLINE Yes No
II. VIDEO COMPONENTS
1. WHICH BROADCAST PROGRAM(S) DID YOU SEE?
+ SCIENCE IN THE STRATOSPHERE Yes No
+ THE PRE-FLIGHT BRIEFING Yes No
+ THE JUPITER MISSION Yes No
+ NIGHT FLIGHT TO THE STARS Yes No
+ RETURN TO THE STRATOSPHERE Yes No
2. PLEASE INDICATE YOUR SOURCE FOR THE VIDEOS BY DELETING OTHER OPTIONS
PBS
NASA-TV
Educational Network:
Videotape from:
ON A SCALE WHERE 1 IS LOWEST AND 4 IS HIGHEST, PLEASE RATE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE VIDEOS TO THE PROJECT, AND RATE THEIR QUALITY.
(Please place a small x after one of the numbers in each scale.
Importance indicates your sense of the overal value of that
component for the project even if it was not used in your situation.)
- IMPORTANCE + - QUALITY +
+ LIVE PROGRAMS 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
+ TAPED PROGRAMS 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
IF YOU SAW THE PROGRAMS, WHAT WAS YOUR EVALUATION OF THEM:
III. PRINT MATERIALS
DID YOU SEND FOR AND RECEIVE THE PRINT MATERIALS?
IF YES, PLEASE RATE THEM IN TERMS OF IMPORTANT TO THE PROJECT
AND THEIR OVERALL QUALITY ON A 4 POINT SCALE WITH HIGHER NUMBERS
MEANING HIGHER IMPORTANCE AND QUALITY. (Please put an "x" after
the number).
- IMPORTANCE + - QUALITY +
LIVE FROM THE STRATOSPHERE 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
TEACHER'S GUIDE (OVERALL)
INDIVIDUAL GUIDE COMPONENTS
BROADCAST INFORMATION 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
HOW TO USE AND DESCRIPTION
OF THE ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIP 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
PROGRAM OVERVIEWS 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
MATERIALS AND RESOURCE LISTS 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
RESEARCHER BIOGRAPHIES 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
LITERARY SIDEBARS 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
"HOW TO GET ON-LINE" 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
INTERDISCIPLINARY MATRIX
AND ICONS 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
GLOSSARY 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
CO-PACKAGED MATERIALS
NASA SPACE BASED ASTRONOMY 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
NASA AMES: KUIPER FACT SHEET 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE
INSTITUTE "STARCATCHER" 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
POSTER 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
SPECTRUM GLASSES 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
DIFFRACTION GRATING 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
HEAT SENSITIVE PAPER 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
IV. ON-LINE COMPONENTS
1. WHICH ON-LINE RESOURCES DID YOU USE FOR THIS PROJECT?
___ E-MAIL
___ GOPHER
___ WEB
3. HOW DID YOU ACCESS THE MATERIALS?
___ NASA QUEST ___ NASA SPACELINK
___ PBS ONLINE ___ OTHER IF YOU ANSWERED OTHER, PLEASE ELABORATE:
4. PLEASE RATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ON-LINE COMPONENTS FOR THE OVERALL
PROJECT, AND RATE THEIR QUALITY. (PLEASE MARK A NUMERICAL QUANTITY
WITH A SMALL "x" after the number).
- IMPORTANCE + - QUALITY +
Web Site Overall 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
TEACHER'S GUIDE 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
GUIDE IN SPANISH 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
LFS UPDATES (NEWSLETTER) 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
INTERACTIVE OPPORTUNITIES 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
RESEARCHER Q&A (E-MAIL TO AND
FROM THE SCIENTISTS) 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
FIELD JOURNALS/LOGS 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
JUNIOR-LFS FIELD JOUR/LOGS 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
DISCUSS-LFS 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
ON-LINE COLLABORATIVE ACTIV., 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(E.G. STAR COUNTING)
HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE EASE OF USE OF THE ON-LINE MATERIALS?
(Please delete options leaving the most appropriate)
Very Easy
Fairly Easy
Difficult at times
Very Difficult
WHAT DID YOU YOU LEARN FROM THE USE OF THE ON-LINE MATERIALS:
HOW COULD WE IMPROVE THE OVERALL PROJECT?
FUTURE PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE MODULES
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO ON OUR NEXT ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIP?
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
DINOSAUR DIG
AMAZON RAINFOREST
OCEAN DEEP
MARS
RETURN TO ANTARCTICA
OTHER(PLEASE ELABORATE):
2. WHAT IMPROVEMENTS CAN YOU SUGGEST FOR FUTURE PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE
MODULES?
3. PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE FIELD
TRIPS
AT LITTLE OR NO COST. IF THIS WERE NOT POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE, HOW
MUCH DO YOU THINK THIS OPPORTUNITY SHOULD COST?
_ WOULD/COULD NOT PARTICIPATE UNLESS FREE/LOW-COST OR LESS THAN $50
_ $50-100
_ $100-150
_ $150-200
_ $200-300
_ MORE
QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE: FAX (908) 277-9590 OR
E-MAIL ghs@passporttoknowledge.com
PLEASE, when you have finished your work on Live from the Stratosphere,
complete the evaluation forms for teacher and students and send them to:
evaluate-lfs@quest.arc.nasa.gov
Live from the Stratosphere
P.O. BOX 1502
Summit, New Jersey 07902-1502
To find our more about the next science adventure, visit our WORLD WIDE WEB site at:
http://passporttoknowledge.com/hst
To receive regular information, updates and newsletter about the upcoming live from the Hubble Telescope project through electronic mail, send a message to:
IN THE MESSAGE BODY WRITE:
subscribe updates-hst
JOIN US FOR THE GREAT PLANET DEBATE:
WHICH PLANET SHOULD THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE OBSERVE...
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PLUTO ????. / , ' /\. .; \ | JUPITER ???
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| \ . . ; \ /_/ NEPTUNE ?????
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URANUS ??? . --- .
To take part in "THE GREAT PLANET DEBATE," you will need to join the
discuss-hst discussion list. To do this send a message to:
IN THE MESSAGE BODY WRITE:
subscribe discuss-hst
You can also visit the SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, in Baltimore -- virtually, of course. Its computers have thousands of spectacular images take by the Hubble telescope and information about the each of the planets we are considering as well as stars galaxies, black holes, quasars... the entire universe.
THEIR WORLD WIDE WEB ADDRESS IS:
http://www.stsci.edu
YOU CAN GOPHER BY USING:
www.stsci.edu
OR TRANSFER FILES BY FTP, USING:
ftp.stsci.edu
We hope you will join us as we continue to explore new regions of our universe!
PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE IS FUNDED, IN PART, BY
the Information Infrastructure and Technology Applications program of NASA's Office of High Performance Computing and Communications, the NASA Astrophysics Division, NASA Ames Research Center, NASA Education, and PBS K-12 Learning Services. It is also supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation.
Live From the Stratosphere is a Passport to Knowledge project. The video programs are a co-production of GEOFF HAINES-STILES PRODUCTIONS and MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION. "Night Flight to the Stars" is co-presented by WNET/New York.
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COME FLY WITH US, COME FLY, COME FLY THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY, INTO THE
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