I am very passionate about the Environment and protecting God's creation.As an educator at Maria Teresa Mirabal Middle School MS319, I use environmental education as a way to teach across all subjects.It is my hope that more latino and african american innercity kids from Northern Manhattan become involved in pursuing careers in environmental conservation.In 2005 I founded a "friends of a park" group called the Friends of Sherman Creek,to advocate for the protection, restoration,and conservation of the tidal saltmarsh wetlands of Sherman Creek on the Harlem River,in Northen Manhattan.The mission of the group is to "promote environmental education after school programs,public access to the waterfront, and the creation of an Environmental Ecology Center and Community Boathouse/Public Pier at Sherman Creek".I am a member of the Highbridge Coalition, a group that has been advocating for the reopening of the Highbridge, oldest bridge in New York City(older than Brooklyn Bridge), and a member of the Harlem River Working Group, that brings together the many organizations that work on the Harlem River. I am also a member of the First Hispanic Baptist Church of Manhattan in the community of Washington Heights in New York City. As an after school educator I am proud to work with the Childrens Aid Society and Friends of Sherman Creek in launching my new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) program "Boatbuilding in the Classroom". This new and exciting initiative is aimed at providing much needed 21st Century career/trade education to innercity New York City Middle School youngsters with the help of "Building To Teach" teaching Math with Boats curriculum created by Yoe Youcha, from the Alexandria Seaport Foundation. Saturday, June 16, 2012
I am very passionate about the Environment and protecting God's creation.As an educator at Maria Teresa Mirabal Middle School MS319, I use environmental education as a way to teach across all subjects.It is my hope that more latino and african american innercity kids from Northern Manhattan become involved in pursuing careers in environmental conservation.In 2005 I founded a "friends of a park" group called the Friends of Sherman Creek,to advocate for the protection, restoration,and conservation of the tidal saltmarsh wetlands of Sherman Creek on the Harlem River,in Northen Manhattan.The mission of the group is to "promote environmental education after school programs,public access to the waterfront, and the creation of an Environmental Ecology Center and Community Boathouse/Public Pier at Sherman Creek".I am a member of the Highbridge Coalition, a group that has been advocating for the reopening of the Highbridge, oldest bridge in New York City(older than Brooklyn Bridge), and a member of the Harlem River Working Group, that brings together the many organizations that work on the Harlem River. I am also a member of the First Hispanic Baptist Church of Manhattan in the community of Washington Heights in New York City. As an after school educator I am proud to work with the Childrens Aid Society and Friends of Sherman Creek in launching my new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) program "Boatbuilding in the Classroom". This new and exciting initiative is aimed at providing much needed 21st Century career/trade education to innercity New York City Middle School youngsters with the help of "Building To Teach" teaching Math with Boats curriculum created by Yoe Youcha, from the Alexandria Seaport Foundation. 
NASA Space Camp Turkey/Campamento Spacial NASA Turquia
Welcome to my NASA/CAS Space Camp Turkey Blog!Bienvenidos a mi Blog de NASA/CAS Campamento Espacial Turquia!
Hi my name is Obed Fulcar, but my students call me Mr.Fulcar. The purpose of this blog is to keep everyone posted about what my students and I will experience during our trip to Space Camp Turkey this summer, as part of Childrens Aid Society (CAS) and Global Friendship Through Space Education (GFTSE) program. This wonderful program gives students in the United States the once in a lifetime opportunity to visit Eurasia to attend Space Camp at the Aegean Industrial Zone, in the ancient biblical city of Izmir, Turkey. Two middle school students from MS324 at the Mirabal Sisters Educational Campus, in Washington Heights, New York city, together with dozens of youngsters from other countries will be able to learn about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education by way of flight simulators, robotics, meet NASA astronauts, as well as Social Studies and Multi Cultural experiences whith their epals students from a high school in Istanbul. After exchanging emails with their epals, learning about the history and culture of Turkey, as well as building and programming Robots in our After school Boatbuilding and Robotics Club, John and Ismael, two dominican-american 8th grades students, were selected to participate in this year trip to Space Camp Turkey. Please come back as often as you want and feel free to post questions, comments, or just say hi. Gule Gule! (it means "See you" in Turkish) :)Hola mi nombre es Obed Fulcar, pero mis estudiantes me llaman Mr.Fulcar. Gracias por visitar esta pagina blog. El proposito de esta pagina es de mantener a todos informados sobre mis aventuras en Turquia en este verano junto a John e Ismael, dos jovenes estudiantes dominicanos de 8vo grado de la Escuela Intermedia MS324 del Campus Escolar Hermanas Mirabal, localizado en Washington Heights, en la ciudad de Nueva York. como parte del programa Campamento Espacial NASA patrocinado por La Sociedad de Ayuda a la Ninez (CAS siglas en ingles) y la Fundacion de Amista Global a travez de la Educacion Espacial (GFTSE siglas en ingles). Este maravilloso programa le ofrece la gran oportunidad a estudiantes de todos los EE.UU de poder viajar a Eurasia para asistir al Campamento Espacial Turquia NASA en la Zona Industrial de la antigua ciudad biblica de Esmirna, en Turquia. Estaran aprendiendo junto a astronautas de la NASA sobre CIENCIA, TECNOLOGIA, INGENIERIA, y MATEMATICAS por medio de simuladores de vuelo y robotica, asi como actividades multiculturales. Los estudiantes estaran compartiendo con jovenes de una escuela secundaria de Istambul con quienes se estuvieron comunicando durante todo el ano escolar, como parte del Club de Robotica y Construccion de Botes del program de tareas vespertino de La Sociedad de Ayuda a la Ninez. En esta pagina podran ver informacion actual sobre nuestras experiencias personales sobre la aventura en Turquia. Favor de visitar esta pagina blog cuantas veces deseen, y sientasen en libertad de escribir cualquier pregunta,comentario,o solo para saludar. Gule Gule! que significa "Hasta luego" en lengua turca. :)
Hi my name is Obed Fulcar, but my students call me Mr.Fulcar. The purpose of this blog is to keep everyone posted about what my students and I will experience during our trip to Space Camp Turkey this summer, as part of Childrens Aid Society (CAS) and Global Friendship Through Space Education (GFTSE) program. This wonderful program gives students in the United States the once in a lifetime opportunity to visit Eurasia to attend Space Camp at the Aegean Industrial Zone, in the ancient biblical city of Izmir, Turkey. Two middle school students from MS324 at the Mirabal Sisters Educational Campus, in Washington Heights, New York city, together with dozens of youngsters from other countries will be able to learn about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education by way of flight simulators, robotics, meet NASA astronauts, as well as Social Studies and Multi Cultural experiences whith their epals students from a high school in Istanbul. After exchanging emails with their epals, learning about the history and culture of Turkey, as well as building and programming Robots in our After school Boatbuilding and Robotics Club, John and Ismael, two dominican-american 8th grades students, were selected to participate in this year trip to Space Camp Turkey. Please come back as often as you want and feel free to post questions, comments, or just say hi. Gule Gule! (it means "See you" in Turkish) :)Hola mi nombre es Obed Fulcar, pero mis estudiantes me llaman Mr.Fulcar. Gracias por visitar esta pagina blog. El proposito de esta pagina es de mantener a todos informados sobre mis aventuras en Turquia en este verano junto a John e Ismael, dos jovenes estudiantes dominicanos de 8vo grado de la Escuela Intermedia MS324 del Campus Escolar Hermanas Mirabal, localizado en Washington Heights, en la ciudad de Nueva York. como parte del programa Campamento Espacial NASA patrocinado por La Sociedad de Ayuda a la Ninez (CAS siglas en ingles) y la Fundacion de Amista Global a travez de la Educacion Espacial (GFTSE siglas en ingles). Este maravilloso programa le ofrece la gran oportunidad a estudiantes de todos los EE.UU de poder viajar a Eurasia para asistir al Campamento Espacial Turquia NASA en la Zona Industrial de la antigua ciudad biblica de Esmirna, en Turquia. Estaran aprendiendo junto a astronautas de la NASA sobre CIENCIA, TECNOLOGIA, INGENIERIA, y MATEMATICAS por medio de simuladores de vuelo y robotica, asi como actividades multiculturales. Los estudiantes estaran compartiendo con jovenes de una escuela secundaria de Istambul con quienes se estuvieron comunicando durante todo el ano escolar, como parte del Club de Robotica y Construccion de Botes del program de tareas vespertino de La Sociedad de Ayuda a la Ninez. En esta pagina podran ver informacion actual sobre nuestras experiencias personales sobre la aventura en Turquia. Favor de visitar esta pagina blog cuantas veces deseen, y sientasen en libertad de escribir cualquier pregunta,comentario,o solo para saludar. Gule Gule! que significa "Hasta luego" en lengua turca. :)
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