Trevor-Wilmot teacher bound for NASA

Science teacher Ashley Adams of Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School is heading to NASA as part of an ambassador program.

The National Aeronautic Science Administration’s 2016 Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors program consists of 11 educator teams from around the country.

Ashley Adams
Ashley Adams

“The program is a professional development opportunity for educators designed to improve teaching methods and to inspire students,” according to a press release issued by the school’s Director of Curriculum and Instruction Tracy Donich.

As part of the preparation, the Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors complete a graduate credit astronomy course and partnered with professional astronomers and scientists.

“The scientists conduct research on board NASA’s flying telescope, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy,” the release stated.

According to NASA, SOFIA is a modified Boeing jetliner equipped with a 2.5-meter telescope that uses a suite of seven instruments to study objects at infrared wavelengths during 10-hour overnight science missions.

The school’s seventh- and eighth-grade teacher is teamed with Geoff Holt of the Madison Metropolitan School District.

The other 10 teams are from California, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Missouri, Illinois and Ohio.

The teams are expected to fly during fall and winter 2016, join three previous Airborne Astronomy Ambassador cohorts for a total of 106 educators selected from 31 states and the District of Columbia.


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