The Christa McAuliffe Center
Fellowship Winners
Connecticut
Mike Kachuba
Foote School
50 Loomis Place
New Haven, CT 06511
The project "Coalition for Urban River Ecology Studies" was established to
unite public and private schools in an urban setting in order to develop an
environmental education program based on river studies. Teachers and
students conduct research on biological, chemical and physical parameters of
an urban river. (1994)
Patricia Bishop McKean
Greenwich Academy
200 N. Maple Ave.
Grennwich, CT 06830
"Using Children's Literature to Teach Science" is
an innovative Program to introduce science
concepts. A series of workshops for K-6 grade
teachers will be presented and materials will be
distributed to participating teachers. (1991)
Robert W. Mellette
Troup Magnet Academy of Sciences
259 Edgewood Ave.
New Haven, CT 06511
"Satellite Earth Stations: Jarvis, McAuliffe, McNair,
Onizuka, Resnik, Scobee, and Smith." The focal point
of Challenger Mission 51-L was to be Christa McAuliffe's
lessons from space. This fellowship project is a
personal effort to continue Christa's lessons and the
mission of the Challenger crew. The project established
seven satellite-receiving earth stations each names in
memory of a Challenger astronaut. This network of
satellite-receiving dishes allows teachers and students
to select unique educational programming from a growing
menu of live interactive lessons in a variety of
disciplines. (1987)
Fred Myers
Farmington High School
10 Monteith Drive
Farmington, CT 06034
CompuServe: 72603,1452
The "Physics for the Family" project developed a series of physics related
workshops for sixth graders and their parents. These evening sessions were
designed to boost interest in the field of science, physics in particular,
and to foster communication among family members. (1993)
Stephen M. Rocketto
E.T. Grasso-Southeastern
Technical School
189 Fort Hill Rd.
Groton, CT 06340
The "Statewide Weather Satellite Environmental
Monitoring System" project will provide equipment,
training, and support to establish six stations to
receive meteorological data from polar and
geostationary environmental satellites. Two units
will be portable and will be loaned to other
schools. Workshops for students and teachers will
be included. (1992)
Mary Elizabeth Santilli
Multicultural Magnet School
700 Palisade Ave.
Bridgeport, CT 06610
The "Connecticut Future Leaders Building Bridges
from Math to Science" project increases hands-on
mathematics and science activities at the primary
level. (1990)
Nancy Wade
East School
215 Hogan Dr.
Torrington, CT 06790
The "Underwater Exploration: The Ocean Becomes the
Classroom" project shall bring the ocean, its
environment and life forms to children everywhere
through the means of interactive video technology and
hands-on learning experiences. It will be by kids - for
kids and will focus on one marine topic, Cetaceans.
Students selected will spend one year in in-depth study
of whales, dolphins and porpoises. All student
activities will be videotaped for eventual use in the
video curriculum. (1988)
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