Dr. Herring Selected as NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador
Dr. Herring Selected as NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador
Mar 1, 2022
![Dr. Herring Selected as NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Herring-Observatory1-copy.jpg)
Dr. Herring Selected as NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador
香港最快开奖结果 Physics Professor Dr. Thomas Herring is among 24 teachers from
13 states who have been selected as a 2022 NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador (AAA).
Presented by Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, AAA is a professional
development program for science teachers dedicated to improve science teaching and
enhance student learning and STEM engagement. The AAA program includes teachers in
community colleges, high schools and middle schools.
Im excited to learn more about infrared astronomy and bring some great knowledge and
curriculum back to the astronomy classrooms at 香港最快开奖结果, said Dr. Herring, who also directs
Jack C. Davis Observatory overlooking 香港最快开奖结果s Carson City campus.
AAA teachers receive training in astrophysics and planetary science, including a week-long
STEM immersion experience at a NASA astronomy research facility such as the Stratospheric
Observatory for Infrared Astronomy based in Palmdale, Calif., or the Infrared Telescope
Facility on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Following their training, the AAAs teach a physical
science curriculum module created by the SETI Institute that connects curriculum concepts
to NASA-enabled research. Past controlled-study evaluations of the AAA program have
shown statistically significant improvements in student learning and engagement among
students whose teachers participated in the program.
Since 2011, the NASA-funded AAA program has impacted tens of thousands of students
through the experiences and training of their teachers.
This powerful STEM program will allow the SETI Institute to continue bringing NASA
science into classrooms across the country, said Dr. Dana Backman, who leads the AAA
program. These teachers will use their professional development and STEM immersion
experiences to convey real-world content to their students that illuminate the value
of scientific research and the wide variety of STEM career paths available to them.
The 24 teachers selected as 2022 Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors are: Leilani Ancel,
Fort Zumwalt East High School, OFallon, Mo.; Heather Anderson, Fort Zumwalt West High
School, OFallon, Mo.; Tanya Anderson, St. Joan of Arc School, Lisle, Ill.; Katherine
Auld, NorthWest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville, Ark.; Teresa Cobble, Lovinggood
Middle School, Powder Springs, Ga.; Amy Dennis, Sylacauga High School, Sylacauga,
Ala.; Ann Marie Dubick, Campbell Middle School, Smyrna, Ga.; Kerem Ekinci, Harmony
Public Schools, Houston, Texas; Sean Ellison, Norwood-Norfolk High School, Norwood,
N.Y.; Dawit Hailu, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Md.; Thomas Herring, Western
Nevada College, Carson City, Nev.; Lucy Howlet, Colorado SKIES Academy, Englewood,
Colo.; Raquel Jarabek, Minneapolis Community & Technical College, Minneapolis, Minn.;
Cody Kennedy, Castaic High School, Castaic, Calif.; Dustin Lengning, Santa Clarita
Valley International Charter School, Castaic, Calif.; Jennifer Muir, Draper Park Middle
School, Draper, Utah; Diane Ripollone, Cardinal Gibbons High School, Raleigh, N.C.;
Sherry Rogers, Dodge City Community College, Dodge City, Kan.; Tyler Ryan, Sierra
High School, Manteca, Calif.;
Yolonda Simon, Little Elm High School, Little Elm, Texas; Joseph Wagner, Eads High
School, Eads, Colo.; Diallo Wallace, Tarbut VTorah Community Day School, Irvine, Calif.;
Eric Wegryn, Ohlone College, Fremont, Calif.; and James Young, North Valleys High
School, Reno, Nev.