The Northrop Grumman Foundation gives math and science teachers the opportunity to experience zero-gravity through the Weightless Flights of Discovery Program. Share your science stories with us under the Discussions tab!
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DC WFOD Photo AlbumCreated about 4 months ago
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Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery There is still one week left to answer the 2009 Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery impact survey. We appreciate you taking the time to answer the questions, as this survey helps the Northrop Grumman Foundation assess how well the program is achieving its goals to inspire and influence students.
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery 06', 07', and 08' teachers should receive the 2009 Northrop Grumman Foundation WFOD impact survey today. Your responses will help us understand how the program has impacted your students and their engagement and interest levels in science and math. 2009 teachers – you will receive the survey next year, after you've had... a chance to incorporate the program into your teaching experience for a full school year.
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New York Times reporter Kenneth
Chang gives an in-depth look into how the Weightless Flights of Discovery
program works to promote STEM education. You can read his article here: http://tinyurl.com/y8cr62q
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Educators took flight, and starred on video, all in the name of science and math.
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Wishes a Happy Holidays to all of you!
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery
Congratulations to WFOD Washington DC
participant Michelle Baird in being named 2009 Most Outstanding Earth Science
Recipient by the Va. Association of Science Teachers.
What other great things were our WFOD participants recognized for?
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The official website for Norfolk Public Schools, Norfolk, VA. This page contains general information about our school division and links to our school web sites.
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery We continually talk about the photos and videos from your weightless flight experience, but what about your flight suit?!? What does it mean to you? What does it mean to your students? We’d love to hear!
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery
Reporter Tom Wait from WXYZ-TV reports from the Detroit flight; video up on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIHuCeo73
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery How have your fellow teachers reacted to your participation in the Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery? Are any of them already monitoring the web site to apply for next year’s program?
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery
News 12 Connecticut follows up with some teachers that took part in the Norwalk, CT flight. Check out the post-flight story here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGyUs6lI2
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Norwalk High Physics teacher Glenn Couture returns to class after his weightless flight.
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery By now all teachers should have received the 2009 WFOD DVD with photos and video from their flight. Did you get yours? Have you watched it?
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery
WVVA-TV featured teacher Anna Swenty and her weightless experience on the Washington, D.C. WFOD flight. Take a look at the story here: http://www.wvva.com/Global/story.asp?S=1
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Back in September, we spoke with local high school science teacher Anna Swenty about a flight she was taking to get kids excited about science.
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Dan Schwind, reporter at the Laurel Leader, participated in the WFOD flight alongside teachers in Washington, D.C., and captured some fantastic video for his article! Check it out here: http://www.theviewnewspapers.com/educati
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(Enlarge) A group of science and math teachers, including Laurel resident Agnes Conaty, second from right, took to the skies to experience weightlessness while performing experiments as part of Northrop Grumman's Weightless Flight of Discovery program. ...
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Did your planned experiment go the way you thought it would during your weightless flight? Tell us about it.
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery If you have any personal photos or videos you captured during your weightless flight experience, please share them with us by posting them onto the WFOD Facebook page. We’d love to see them!
Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery Check out this great article from The Norwalk Hour featuring teachers on the Norwalk WFOD flight! http://thehour.com/story/475720
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NORWALK By CHRIS BOSAK Hour Staff WriterNorwalk High School teacher John Foldeak took a tumble on an airplane. Columbus Magnet School's Andy Pearce floated through the air for a drop of water. In all, ...
