<html><head><base href="data:"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; ">Serendipitously to our education curriculum discussion, I received info on NASA's Summer of Innovation mini-grant program yesterday (<a href="http://soi.spacegrant.org/about">http://soi.spacegrant.org/about</a>). The program offers $2000-2,500 support for programs aimed at grades 4-9 related to NASA work. applications are due by June 17th.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; ">Digging a bit into the site I found this page of Educational Resources ...</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br></div><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/summer/education_resources/index.html">http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/summer/education_resources/index.html</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>It looks like some of these might be useful for teaching some concepts using projects (like building a solar oven)<div><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Jerry Isdale<br><a href="http://MauiMakers.com">http://MauiMakers.com</a></div></span></span>
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