Description:
The Maryland Space Grant Consortium, in collaboration with The John Hopkins Graduate Division of Education, has integrated nine graduate credits, earned by teachers who complete the three phases of the Consortium's Space Science Internship Program for Elementary and Secondary teachers (SSIP), into six core courses that comprise both a Johns Hopkins Graduate Certificate Program and a Master's Degree Program in Math and Science Education with a specialization in Earth/space science. These three graduate programs enable teachers to: 1) obtain a Masterís of Science degree with a specialization in Earth/space science; and 2) obtain credits to meet state certification requirements in Earth/science. Teachers may also choose to use six credits attained from completing Phases I and II of SSIP toward Maryland State Department of Education, Continuing Professional Development credits.

SSIP promotes course content from NASA's Earth Science Enterprise to promote the Maryland School Performance and Assessment Program core learning goals for science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science K-12 Benchmarks for Science Library, and the National Academy of Sciences' K-13 Standards.

SSIP includes three Johns Hopkins courses: "Understanding and Teaching the Solar System" (PHASE I), "Understanding and Teaching Earth Observation from Space" (PHASE II), and an eight-week research internship (PHASE III). This graduate degree program for in-service teachers fosters collaboration among The Johns Hopkins Graduate Division of Education, NASA Goddard Space Flight Centers' Education Office, the Maryland State Department of Education, and affiliates of Maryland Space Grant Consortium.

URL:
http://henry.pha.jhu.edu/ssip/index.html

Organization:
Maryland Space Grant Consortium
John Hopkins University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Contact:
Anne Anikis, Assistant Director, Maryland Space Grant Consortium, The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, Room 203, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-2686; Phone: (410) 516-7106; Fax: (410) 516-4109; Email: anne@pha.jhu.edu

Education Level:
Kindergarten-Grade 4
Grades 5-8
Grades 9-12

Subject:
Remote Sensing

Program type:
Teacher Training (In-service)
 
 

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00