Spaceward Bound Australia 2009 - an opportunity for Australian Science Teachers interested in Space Exploration

SPACEWARD BOUND AUSTRALIA 2009 PRESENTS - An opportunity for Australia's school teachers to work with NASA and MSA scientists in the field, as members of Spaceward Bound Australia (SBA2009) expedition to central South Australia, learning how to bring new teaching methods on Space Science to their students. After a successful preliminary expedition to Woomera and Arkaroola in 2008, the Mars Society Australia and the NASA based Spaceward Bound (SB) project is seeking expressions of interest from school teachers and scientists to take part in another expediation in 2009 Australia participants will be selected on merit based on the criteria laid down in this linked document. . Subject to the finalisation of funding being provided by the MSA and NASA and if applicable, participants, SBA2009 is due to start and finish between the 4th and 16th of July 2009, culminating in the 9th Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC2009) on the 17th-19th July at the University of South Australia, in Adelaide, South Australia. As part of the MSA's "Red Centre to the Red Planet" program, these expeditions have a true scientific purpose help us how to understand the nature of planet formation, the subsistance of life and the past and future of the Earth and our Solar System, and the relationship of, especially, the "sweet spot" planets of Venus, Earth and Mars.

SPACEWARD BOUND AUSTRALIA 2009

PRESENTS - An opportunity for Australia's school teachers to work with NASA and MSA scientists in the field, as members of Spaceward Bound Australia (SBA2009) expedition to central South Australia, learning how to bring new teaching methods on Space Science to their students. After a successful preliminary expedition to Woomera and Arkaroola in 2008, the Mars Society Australia and the NASA based Spaceward Bound (SB) project is seeking expressions of interest from school teachers and scientists to take part in another expediation in 2009 Australia participants will be selected on merit based on the criteria laid down in this linked document. . Subject to the finalisation of funding being provided by the MSA and NASA and if applicable, participants, SBA2009 is due to start and finish between the 4th and 16th of July 2009, culminating in the 9th Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC2009) on the 17th-19th July at the University of South Australia, in Adelaide, South Australia. As part of the MSA's "Red Centre to the Red Planet" program, these expeditions have a true scientific purpose help us how to understand the nature of planet formation, the subsistance of life and the past and future of the Earth and our Solar System, and the relationship of, especially, the "sweet spot" planets of Venus, Earth and Mars.