3,620 Grade K-13 Educators Trained 
                     on 
                    inquiry-based, hands-on lessons in the Earth and space sciences, 
                    and aeronautics and astronautics, at 56 professional development 
                    workshops (an average of 64 educators per workshop.)  
                  School Programs by 114 Visiting Researchers 
                    and 9 Visiting Educators from 38 research institutions 
                    nationally: 
                  
                    - 1,554 schools visited across 
                      13 communities (an average each year of 25 schools per community.)
 
                    - 4,657 programs conducted 
                      in grade K-20 classrooms.
 
                    - 196,700 grade K-13 students participated 
                      in classroom programs (an avg. of 40 students per classroom 
                      program; an annual average of 3,600 students per community.)
 
                    - 7 NASA field centers & institutes, 
                      11 colleges & universities, 7 corporations, and the 
                      Smithsonian were among the home institutions of 
                      the Visiting Researchers and Visiting Educators. 
 
                   
                  95 Family/Public Events conducted 
                    for a combined 34,400 parents, students, 
                    and teachers, corresponding to an average of 360 attendees 
                    per event. 
                  47 Journey through the Universe 
                    Weeks conducted across 13 communities nationally. 
                   
                  Program models developed and assessed 
                    over a wide range of environs, including: under-served 
                    rural communities with both large and small geographic footprints; 
                    inner-city urban areas with high minority populations; a multiple 
                    school district model; school district-led, science center-led, 
                    and university-led initiatives; a single grade level model 
                    across a large school system; and a comprehensive grade preK-20 
                    approach in smaller school districts. 
                  Development of grade K-13 lesson packages 
                    so well mated to curricular standards for teaching and learning 
                    that they can be adopted by a school district as 
                    the curriculum, as was the case for sixth grade in 
                    Washington, DC, in 2000.  |