SPACEMOBILE PROGRAM The Space Science Education Project, also called "Spacemobile," provides lectures and consultants for school assemblies, classrooms, curriculum committees, and teacher workshops in aerospace education. In calendar year 1969: Total live audience_. Total live lecture/demonstrations_ Evaluation 3,306, 410 14, 870 20, 391, 500 The Council of State Science Supervisors reports that this program affected the career choices of 20 percent of college students polled; and that 45 percent of high school and 42 percent of college students polled reported an increased use of libraries and their needs for space-related reference materials. Scheduled by the States.-The Spacemobile units are in great demand, being booked into schools a year in advance. The programs have been reported by school administrators as being highly motiva tional and stimulating to students. PUBLICATIONS NASA produces and distributes informational/educational publications for the general public and for responses to teacher-student requests. They provide orientation, background and knowledge about NASA projects such as Apollo, Report from Mars, Putting Satellites to Work, Space Physics and Astronomy, and several others. NASA Facts, 4- to 8-page pamphlets or wall charts for classroom use and libraries. A special "Science Series" is directed at the secondary school teachers and students. Others are being prepared for use in the lower grades. Examples are: The Countdown, Weightlessness, Solar Cells, Orbits, and Revolutions of Spacecraft. Evaluation Many letters from teachers and students indicate that these publications serve to stimulate interest and motivate teachers to keep abreast of developments in space science and technology. AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS NASA develops and distributes 16mm sound films on NASA research programs, such as Living in Space, Electric Propulsion, A New Look at an Old Planet, Men Encounter Mars, Seeds of Discovery, and others. Film strips and slides on a variety of subjects such as Geology from Space, Space Food, Men to the Moon, etc. Eight millimeter film "loops" on single concepts for science class room use. Audio and video tapes and short film clips for educational television and classroom use. Evaluation These audio-visual materials are in continuous demand by schools, colleges, and educational TV. Report cards indicate they are of great interest and educational value. APPENDIX 4 UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FACILITIES BUILT UNDER NASA GRANT UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FACILITIES In the decade of the 1960's Research Laboratories were built under NASA grants at 34 institutions. Facilities include Space Sciences Laboratories, Materials Research Centers, Biomedical Laboratories and Propulsion Research Laboratories. In total, these laboratories have a floor area of nearly 1.5 million square feet. Important research has already been carried out in these facilities. Equally important, these facilities have provided the research opportunities for advanced work toward doctoral degrees in the many disciplines. A substantial portion of the more than 2,100 young men and women who received their doctoral degrees under the NASA predoctoral training program did their graduate research in these facilities. A brief description of each facility is given on the following pages. RESEARCH FACILITIES INSTITUTION Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of California at Berkeley University of California at Los Angeles University of Pittsburgh Princeton University University of Southern California Cornell University Washington University at St. Louis Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn University of Minnesota University of Denver Stanford University University of Wisconsin University of Washington National Academy of Sciences TITLE MATERIALS RESEARCH CENTER EXOBIOLOGY LABORATORIES ASTROPHYSICS & SPACE RESEARCH LABORATORY PHYSICS & MATHEMATICS BUILDING SPACE PHYSICS LABORATORIES LABORATORY FOR SPACE PHYSICS SLICHTER SPACE SCIENCES LABORATORY THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE SPACE RESEARCH LABORATORY SPACE RESEARCH & COORDINATION CENTER PROPULSION RESEARCH LABORATORIES PLANETARY RESEARCH CENTER TEAGUE SPACE RESEARCH CENTER SPACE SCIENCES CENTER HUMAN CENTRIFUGE RADIOPHYSICS & SPACE RESEARCH CENTER SPACE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY ROCKET TEST FIRING FACILITIES COMPTON RESEARCH LABORATORY OF PHYSICS AEROSPACE SCIENCES BUILDING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CENTER SPACE SCIENCES BUILDING AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER BASSETT AEROSPACE RESEARCH LABORATORY SPACE ENGINEERING BUILDING SPACE SCIENCES CENTER SPACE SCIENCES RESEARCH LABORATORY SPACE SCIENCE LABORATORY SPACE SCIENCES LABORATORIES SPACE ENGINEERING BUILDING SPACE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING CENTER AEROSPACE RESEARCH LABORATORY SPACE RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY LUNAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE This structure and its laboratories are devoted to research on the properties of matter in the materials area with particular reference to applications to space sciences and technology. Specific research activities include interdisciplinary materials work, radiation damage to semiconductors and their metallic films, and radiation damage effects on the properties of materials. Fifty-five predoctoral trainees, working in these and similar space-related research at the Institute, have been awarded doctoral degrees. The facilities included as a segment of the University's Clinical Sciences Research Building are for programs in exobiology and biomedical instrument development. Research activities have merged certain aspects of electrical engineering and biosciences to achieve results necessary for the national space program. Thirty four predoctoral trainees working in space-related areas like these at the University have been awarded doctoral degrees. |