Genesis
Lets Students "Get Down with Gravity"
2/12/02
Genesis
will recognize National Engineers Week by bringing engineers,
classroom teachers, and students together for a nationwide
webcast on February 21, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. PDT. The production
will feature a classroom activity titled "The Inclined Pendulum"
from the upcoming Genesis Destination L1: A Thematic Unit
education module.
Jet
Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) engineers, including Trajectory
Analyst Jennie Johannesen and Project Manager Chet Sasaki,
will join Loma Alta, CA, high school teacher Tom Curley and
students in an activity that examines the effect of gravity
on planetary orbits.
Math
and science teachers--click here
to learn how to participate in this activity with your students.