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Preparing for the Journey to Space: Energy
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Presenters:
Dr. Art Poland
Dr. Poland graduated with Honors in Astronomy from the University of Massachusetts
in 1964. After receiving his Ph.D. degree in Astrophysics from Indiana University
in 1969, he joined the staff at the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) of the National
Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder Colorado. There he worked on problems
of energy balance and non-local thermodynamic equilibrium in the solar atmosphere.
He also joined the HAO Skylab team to work on the White Light Coronagraph experiment.
He joined the Goddard Space Flight Center research team in 1980 and worked on the
UVSP experiment on the Solar Maximum Mission. In 1986 he became the U.S. Project
Scientist for the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, also known as SOHO. From 1999
to 2003 he was the Senior Project Scientist for the Living With A Star Program,
which is designed to study and understand the impacts of the Sun on Earth Systems.
He is currently working in the School of Computational Sciences at George Mason
University developing a graduate degree program in Space Weather.
Carla Rosenberg
Carla Rosenberg is the Assistant Education Program Manager for Space Operation.
As such she assists in the oversight of the education programs at the four Space
Centers: Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, Marshall Space Center, and
Stennis Space Center. Space Ops funds education programs unique to each Center related
to the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Space Communications, and Launch
Services. She brings 15 years of experience at NASA bridging the gap between scientists
and the classroom with her background in instructional design, program management
skills, and mentoring students and teachers. She is the author of many space educational
materials such as:
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Amusement Park Physics with a NASA Twist, EG-2003-08-009-GRC.
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Science in a Box: NASA Glovebox Activities in Science, Math, and Technology, EG-2003-01-009-GRC
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How High Is It? An Educator's Guide with Activities Focused on Scale Models of Distance,
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EG-2001-03-005-GRC.
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NASA Student Glovebox: An Inquiry-Based Technology Educator's Guide, EG-2000-09-004-GRC.
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Educational Brief, Microgravity: Fall into Mathematics, EB-1999-03-001-GRC.
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Tips for Trips to the Front of the Classroom: A Speaker's Guide, GRC, 2001.
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Cosmic EdVentures: Exploring Earth's Neighborhood, Challenger Center for Space Science
Education, 1997.
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Aeronautics: An Educator's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology
Education, EG-1998-09-105-HQ.
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Teacher's Guide to the Electronic Field Trip the Theory of Wow! A Kid-Size Exploration
of the Solar System, Challenger Center for Space Science Education, 1997.
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Solar System Lithograph Set for Space Science, LG-1997-475-HQ.
Elaine Lewis
Ms. Elaine Lewis is a contractor with Sp Systems and works as the Curriculum Development
Specialist for NASA’s Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum team. Her undergraduate
degree is in American Studies and Elementary Education with an additional emphasis
in science. She began her teaching career in 1980 and introduced the use of computers
in the classroom as well as a-hands on approach for teaching that emphasized main
streaming special students in a regular science classroom.
In 1986 she accepted a position with Prince George’s Public School System, teaching
8th grade science and mathematics, in a school that worked with a large population
of students of other languages, ESOL. During the summer months she worked as a textbook
consultant, Teaching Students of Other Languages-English in the content areas, mainly
science. She received her MA in Curriculum Development in 1985 and a second MA in
Administration and Supervision in 1990. She received the Secondary Science Teacher
Award for Prince George’s County Public Schools and was the State Finalist Presidential
Awardee for Secondary Science Education. She has received several grants for teacher
preparation and student enrichment. Elaine joined the NASA Education Office as a
Teacher on Loan in 1996, as the coordinator of programs such as, NASA Educational
Workshop, GLOBE, and the JASON Project. In 2000 she became a team member of the
SECEF at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Dr. Steele Hill
Steele Hill received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Maryland in 1977.
He began working at the U.S. House of Representatives as an editor for its computer
support organization. He eventually became its desktop publishing specialist, managed
its graphic support team, and led the training and support for that software.
In November, 1996 he joined NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory mission as
its media person, even though his science background was limited. He develops numerous
posters and other print products, produces its videos for TV and web, coordinates
displays with museums, responds to media requests, created the educational Dynamic
Sun CD, presents to teachers, and generates many original illustrations and composite
images for print and the web. As he has told anyone who ever asked, "This is the
most rewarding job I have ever had. Who would have thought that the Sun would be
so interesting!" Steele's photo is attached.
Steven E. Johnson
Mr. Johnson is a graduate of Purdue University, achieving a Bachelor's degree in
Electrical Engineering in 1996. After college, Steven was employed as a Safety &
Mission Assurance engineer, and later went on to became an International Space Station
Flight Controller at Johnson Space Center, in Houston, TX. International Space Station
(ISS) is a world-class scientific and research vehicle orbiting Earth at an altitude
of 200 miles, and has been monitored and operated by Mission Control Center (MCC)
operators around-the-clock since November 1998. Steven started his flight control
career as a Mission Evaluation Room Operations safety engineer, supporting on-orbit
operations with the first ISS element launched in 1998. In 2000, Steven became a
member of the MCC Flight Control Team which directly operates ISS. As a flight controller,
Steven is responsible for the ISS Electrical Power System, which collects solar
energy and converts it into operational power for all ISS systems.
Mr. Johnson has supported 8 ISS Increment Crew Rotations, 10 Space Shuttle assembly
and logistic flights to ISS, and has almost 4000 hours accumulated in Mission Control
during mission support and training activities.
Don Boonstra
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Mr. Boonstra has thirty-three years of experience as an educator. During these thirty-three
years, he has been a teacher, Math and Science Department Chair, Curriculum Coordinator,
Principal, and NASA Education Specialist and Coordinator of the Student Observation
Network. His emphasis has been on development of innovative programs and curriculum.
In the process he has kept current with education research, curriculum innovation
and management techniques. He has led education teams to develop programs using
educational research and best practices in education. He has led teams to design
and implement a unique K-10 Science Curriculum for learning disabled students, to
design and implement a high school for learning disabled students, and to convert
high school science curricula to the physics-first model complete with the alignment
of math objectives. He has successfully incorporated NASA mission and program science
into activities, lessons, units, using best practices in educational design. The
highly successful inquiry-based, virtual learning environment, Student Observation
Network, has been recognized as a template for best practices in on-line learning
and is promoted by NASA Explorer Schools.
Troy Cline
Troy Cline is the Educational Technologist of NASA's Sun-Earth Connection Education
Forum team. Before coming to NASA, Troy was a high school mathematics teacher and
Educational Technology Coordinator at an alternative high school in Virginia, working
with 'at-risk' students. During that time he also completed a Master's degree in
Educational Technology and Leadership at The George Washington University in Washington
D.C. His undergraduate was in education with a strong focus on science and mathematics.
Prior to working in Virginia, his teaching career took him to some exceptional places
beginning with his first teaching experience on the Navajo Indian Reservation in
Kinlichee, AZ. While there he taught in a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school
for three years. He later joined the United States Peace Corps and served in Chad,
Africa, as an Algebra and Geometry teacher. That experience involved living in a
mud hut and teaching over three hundred Chadian students in a classroom made of
elephant grass. At that time, the Chadian government was attempting to create a
stabilized educational system so that as the country became more developed, an effective
structure would already be in place.
Dave McKissock
Dave McKissock, an Aerospace Engineer, joined the staff of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration's John H. Glenn Research Center in May, 1983.
Mr. McKissock began his NASA career supporting the development of the electrical
power system for the International Space Station. Early in his career, he conducted
trade studies of various power generation and energy storage options for several
configurations of space station power systems. He spent a year at NASA Headquarters
in Washington, D. C., working in the Space Station Engineering Department. During
the Station redesign, he supported HQ engineering assessments considering utilization
of Russian elements in the Station program, and interfaced directly with Russian
Space Agency engineers brought to Washington to participate in joint discussions
on Station. Currently Dave is supporting studies for NASA's Exploration program.
For more information contact symposia@nsta.org
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