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LAYTON, Utah (AP) — A Utah educator who attended a space program for teachers is using her experience to add to her curriculum this year.
The Deseret News reports Tami Pandoff teaches fifth grade at E.G. King Elementary School and was the only person from Utah in her 100-person group this summer at the Honeywell Educators at Space Academy.
Participants were from 36 states as well as Europe, Africa, Asia, and Canada.
Educators spent a week at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, engaging in activities like simulating a moon landing.
Pandoff says she hopes her experience can inspire students.
She said it's very possible that today's kids are astronauts on a future mission to Mars.
The academy's goal is to encourage student interest in science, technology, engineering and math.
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