Defining a mechanism of educational interface between nasa life sciences the nation's students

摘要

Harnessing our greatest national resource, as represented by the nation's students, will require a thoughtful, well developed and administered program that inlcudes precise, executable strategies and valid evaluation tools. Responding to a national education outreach priority, the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations' Life and Biomedical Sciences and Applications Division has initiated a process of organizing and implementing various strategies through a steering committee that includes representatives from Headquarters and three field centers with major Life Science Programs. The mandate of the Life Science Programs. The mandate of the Life Sciences Education Outreach Steering Committee is to develop ways of communicating space life science issues to America's students through the nation's techers by curriculum enhancement and direct participation in the education process with an emphasis in the primary and secondary schools. Metrics are also being developed for each individually defined process so that the mechanism can be continuously refined and improved.