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bulletRegional Workshops

  • Hampton University, Hampton, VA, 2002 Sun Photometer Workshop (PowerPoint Pictures)
  • Cape Cod 2003
  • CALIPSO Outreach presented at the NIA-NASA-VSGC Science Education Institute, July 2004.
  • Gallaudet University and Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center -
    "Earth System Science for Teachers of the Deaf" - August 2-7, 2004 included the CALIPSO Sun Photometer.

    January 24-26, 2008

    Satellite Missions Study Climate Seminar

    A joint mission seminar conducted at Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus in Guadalajara, México.

    Mexico Satellite Poster
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These photographs show teachers learning inside and outside the classroom.


bulletNational Workshops

Paul Adams wins NSTA Distinguished Teacher Award 2008

We are extremely pleased to announce that Paul Adams, from Fort Hays State University and our lead AIM, CALIPSO, CloudSat workshop instructor, has won this years National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Distinguished Teacher Award. Paul will receive his award at the NSTA Teacher Awards Banquet on Friday March 28th from 6pm to 8:30pm. It is a ticketed event M-6, by pre-registration only (page 23 of the conference preview). I know you will agree that Paul deserves this award for his long time inspirational work in science education.

We hope you will send him your congratulations or attend the event if you are at NSTA this year.

See you at NSTA,

Dianne Robinson, CALIPSO Outreach Director
Barbara Maggi, CALIPSO Outreach Manager


bulletInternational Workshops

  • The French Space Agency CNES hosted the first workshop to train teachers in the GLOBE Atmospheric protocols as well as activities that have been created to align GLOBE with the CALIPSO Outreach program from February 18 to 21, 2005. View the news article on the GLOBE web site.


Link: www.nasa.gov
Link: sads.cnes.fr
Link: www.ballaerospace.com
Link: www.ipsl.jussieu.fr
Link: www.hamptonu.edu

NASA Langley Research Center

Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

CALIPSO is a collaboration between NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), the French space agency CNES, Hampton University, the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. The primary roles and contributions of these partners can be found at http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov. This mission is part of NASA's Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Program, a series of missions designed to examine critical issues in Earth system science.

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CALIPSO Outreach Director: Dianne Q. Robinson
CALIPSO Assistant Outreach Director: Barbara H. Maggi
Web Curator: Emily M. W. Hill
Last Updated: February 8, 2008
Emily Hill