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"Starting July 23, 2012 there will be forum seminars on aviation related subjects presented in the air conditioned FAA Aviation Safety Center during the entire EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 event. These events will also be streamed through www.faasafety.gov and, for the first time this year, you will have the option of attending most safety center presentations via webinar. Webinar attendance will be valid for Wings and/or AMT credit. To find the webinar access information for each topic, go to the individual event posting on faasafety.gov. There will also be daily seminars conducted at the Seaplane Base. See attached seminar documents for listing of events."

Rockets and Your Classroom -- Jan. 26, 2011, 9 p.m. EST Review the Rocketry activity, explore the NASA connections, share tips and tricks for implementing this lesson in the classroom, watch videos of students engaged in the lesson, and discuss possible modifications or extensions.

NASA/NSTA Web Seminar: Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer Mission NASA has teamed with the National Science Teachers Association to offer a Web seminar highlighting the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer mission. Launching in 2013, this small spacecraft mission will assess the compositional makeup and variability of the moon's thin atmosphere and will investigate the mysterious dust lofting phenomenon. Register today for this 90-minute webinar taking place on May 31, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. EDT.

Free Webcast -- The Air We Breathe The Aerospace Education Services Project, or AESP, is presenting a free webcast on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, at 10 a.m. EST. Join Aerospace Education Specialist Lester Morales during this hour-long webcast as he features NASA's education resource book "The Air We Breathe." This book is designed to help students enrich their science vocabulary, better understand Earth's atmosphere and practice the scientific process. The book is a great vocabulary builder for English language learners.

The Aerospace Education Services Project, or AESP, is presenting a free webcast on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, at 4:30 p.m. EST. During this hourlong webcast, Stennis Space Center aerospace education specialist Steve Culivan will discuss "mass" and "weight," two terms that differ in meaning and that often are used incorrectly. This webcast will integrate Newton's Laws of Motion and microgravity to explore these two terms and demonstrate their difference by focusing on education video filmed by astronauts on the International Space Station. NASA education resources and inquiry activities, developed from the space station video, will be used in this workshop. Come enjoy this "heavy duty" topic.