NASA Solar System Ambassador Presentations At Your School

Presenter: Scott Stobbelaar, NASA Solar System Ambassador
Length: 45 minutes to an hour with question-and-answer time
Grade levels: Adjusted to the audience
Fee: $10 for gas

Topics

Planets

• Mercury: Messenger Mission
• Earth: Oceanography
• Mars:
  • Rovers: Opportunity and Spirit
  • Mars Global Surveyor
  • Mars Recon Orbiter
  • Mars Odyssey
• Jupiter: Galileo Spacecraft
• Saturn: Cassini Spacecraft
• Pluto: New Horizons

Comets: Deep Impact Mission (completed)

Space Telescopes:

• Hubble Space Telescope
• Spitzer Infrared Scope

Sun:

• Hubble Space Telescope
• Spitzer Infrared Scope

Local Requirements:

• Screen or white wall, power outlet and a place to set up a projector
• Have students research background information for the mission on the Internet.
• Speaker will provide a computer and computer projector, as well as power cables

Scheduling:

• Call Scott Stobbelaar at 906-225-0959 to arrange a visit.
• Visits should be scheduled at least two weeks in advance.
• One week notice is requested for cancellation.