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What is The Partner School Science Program
The Partner School Science Program is a year-long program connecting middle school students and their teachers in different parts of the world.
The three main components are:
- E-Mailing between students.
- Sharing science-related projects on NASA’s distance-learning website.
- Videoconferences between schools and Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The main objectives of the program are:
- To stimulate students’ interest in math and science through collaborative research and hands-on science activities.
- To promote in participants cross-cultural understanding and awareness of countries and cultures in different parts of the world.
During the past four years, the Partner School Science Program has connected students from schools in the United States, Turkey, Israel, and Bulgaria.
As a culmination of their year-long collaboration, some students have the opportunity to meet their E-Pals at a special international summer session called E-Pal Week at Space Camp Turkey in Izmir. These week-long sessions combine learning, fun, and friendship (www.gftse.org and www.spacecampturkey.com).
The Partner School Science Program is one of the programs of Global Friendship Through Space Education, a 501(c) 3 foundation headquartered in California. Founders Kaya and Mary Tuncer created Global Friendship Through Space Education because they believe that connecting youth with their peers throughout the world through education and friendship will help lead to peace among nations.
Kaya Tuncer, a Turkish-American entrepreneur, is also the founder of Space Camp Turkey and the Chairman of the Board of ESBAS, the company responsible for developing and operation the Aegean Free Zone where the Camp is located (www.aegeanfreezone.com).
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