Want to experience the authenticity of simulated space missions so you can teach with authority and inspiration? Space Academy for Educators® is the perfect opportunity to bring together the excitement of space missions with the experience you’ll need to confidently motivate your students to become the next generation of explorers!

Educators spend an intense five days participating in workshops, ...training for simulated space missions and learning to move in space on the astronaut training simulators – a realistic, exciting and challenging experience!

The program includes astronaut-style training and activities developed to promote learning in a classroom setting. Activities include NASA content and are correlated to the National Science Education Standards.

Completion of this program earns 45 hours of continuing education credit and gives educators access to their own website with lesson plans, standards and tips needed to adapt many of the workshop activities to individual class environments.

Space Academy for Educators is offered in June and July. Housing, program materials and meals are included in the tuition. Three hours of graduate credit is available through the University of Alabama in Huntsville.