Sat, Jun 21, 2008
NASA celebrates this year's 50th
anniversary with the creation of an educational card game, "You've
Been Sentenced! - NASA 50th Anniversary Special Edition." NASA and
McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds formed a partnership in April of
2008 to create the game, which bears a few similarities to
Scrabble.
NASA and McNeill Designs collaborated to create the Add-on Deck
which will present NASA terminology while promoting greater
interest and understanding of NASA's history and future. The 50th
Anniversary Special Edition Add-on Deck will contain words not only
used in space exploration, but also terminology from the past,
current and future explorers, missions, and programs. "You've Been
Sentenced!" delivers a unique way to understand these terms that is
both fun and memorable for students.
"As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, this is an
informal and fun venue to educate folks on American's space
program, past and present," said Gregg Buckingham, chief, Education
Programs and University Research Division at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center.
"We will also learn more about the effectiveness of this kind of
education tool from McNeill."
The purpose of this project is to build a strategic partnership
among informal education providers, community groups, formal
educators and families to promote literacy, particularly focusing
in the areas of space, science, technology, engineering and
mathematics. The game "You've Been Sentenced!" can be used in
classrooms to aid educators in teaching curriculum based upon space
and space exploration at NASA.
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