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TEACHERS.NET GAZETTE
DECEMBER 2001
Volume 2 Number 8

COVER STORY
Harry & Rosemary Wong say, "Establishing clear and precise classroom procedures and practicing, practicing, practicing them is the same in concept as to why sport teams drill and choirs rehearse." This month the Wongs offer more examples of successful classroom management....
COLUMNS
Effective Teaching by Harry & Rosemary Wong
Promoting Learning by Marv Marshall
4 Blocks by Cheryl Sigmon
Ask the School Psychologist by Beth Bruno
Online Classrooms by Leslie Bowman
From Here to There by Ginny Hoover
Busy Educator's Monthly Five (5 Sites for Busy Educators)
Around the Block by Cheryl Ristow
ARTICLES
The Do's and Don'ts of Read-Aloud
Teaching Gayle to Read
Thoughts About Giving
Matthew's Sunshine
Reflections following September 11, 2001
Teachers Are 100% Full Time Workers and Even More
Funding the Season
Forms of Expression, Interview with an Artist
REGULAR FEATURES
Humor from the Classroom
Handy Recipes
Help Wanted - Teaching Jobs
New in the Lesson Bank
Upcoming Ed Conferences
Letters to the Editor
FYI
Call For Participation
New Sagan Center
The League Gives Poetic License to Canada's Young Writers
Creativity Workshop: Writing, Drawing, Storytelling, and Personal Memoir
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In Focus...
New Sagan Center to Rise at NASA Research Park

"The nature of life on Earth and the search for life elsewhere are two sides of the same question - the search for who we are," said Carl Sagan in Cosmos.

On Friday, November 9, 2001, NASA Ames Research Center dedicate the site for The Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Cosmos, which will be created to help investigate that very question.

"Carl Sagan co-founded The Planetary Society in part to inspire the people of Earth about the search for life in the Universe - and to study that life, when and if we find it," said Louis Friedman, Executive Director of The Planetary Society. "We are overjoyed that the Sagan Center will be created as an intellectual legacy of his pioneering work and vision in this field."

Friedman joined NASA Administrator Dan Goldin; Ann Druyan, Sagan's wife and collaborator; and NASA Ames Director Henry McDonald in a ceremony to unveil the cornerstone for the new Sagan Center.

Other participants will include Frank Drake, a pioneer in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and representatives from Lockheed Martin Space Operations and the University of California, Santa Cruz, who will play a part in planning the new Sagan Center.

"NASA, under the inspired leadership of Dan Goldin, has found a way to truly honor Carl that reflects the richness, significance and diversity of his legacy," said Ann Druyan, CEO of Cosmos Studios. "The Sagan Center promises to embody the themes of his life and work. Its dedication on what would have been his 67th birthday moves me more than I can possibly convey."

The Sagan Center will be dedicated to furthering humanity's understanding of life in the universe and advancing the search for that life.

The goals of the Sagan Center will mesh well with those of The Planetary Society, whose mission is to inspire the people of Earth to explore new worlds and seek other life. The Society funds several programs to search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including SETI@home and radio and optical telescope searches around the world.

The Sagan Center will be located in the planned NASA Research Park at Moffett Field, California, adjacent to the NASA Ames Research Center. Research at the facility will include work in nanotechnology, genomics, and microbiology.

As currently envisioned, the Sagan Center will consist of three 30,000-square-foot laboratory modules, with the potential to add a fourth at a later date, and a 30,000-square-foot public gallery exhibition area and a 500-seat auditorium.

Situated in NASA Research Park, it will be a key element in NASA Ames Research Center's goal to develop a shared-use research and development campus in association with academia, industry and non-profits.

 

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THE PLANETARY SOCIETY:
Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman founded The Planetary Society in 1980 to advance the exploration of the solar system and to continue the search for extraterrestrial life. With 100,000 members in over 140 countries, the Society is the largest space interest group in the world.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
For more information about The Planetary Society, contact Susan Lendroth at (626) 793-5100 ext 237 or by e-mail at susan.lendroth@planetary.org.

The Planetary Society
65 N. Catalina Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91106-2301
Tel: (626) 793-5100
Fax: (626) 793-5528
E-Mail: tps@planetary.org

 

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