Videos Of Planned Activities From Orbit Now On Organization's Website

The Challenger Center for Space Science Education has announced that Teacher in Space Christa McAuliffe's original lessons are now available for teachers at the organization's website.

The lessons feature links to videos of McAuliffe and her back-up Barbara Morgan, demonstrating activities both on Earth and in zero-G.

Each lesson includes step-by-step instructions for teachers on how to use the activities in the classroom with students. By passing the torch of knowledge and education to today's teachers, the center seeks to continue Christa's enthusiasm for education by replicating the very lessons she was not able to share from orbit.

"Christa's wonderful teaching gift and spirit have been captured on the videos' lessons, and her remarks and actions in training accomplish most of her lessons plans," said project editor Jerry Woodfill, of NASA's Space Educators' Handbook.

This past January marked the 22nd anniversary of the loss of the Challenger. The Challenger Center for Space Science Education was founded in 1986 by the families of the astronauts lost on that flight.

Center officials say their program reaches over 300,000 students and 25,000 teachers each year, through 50 centers around the world.

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