Mission STEM: 2 day workshop at NASA GRC
Tuesday 06/06/2017 
9:00 am ET

Mission STEM- Educators K-12

 Come and Visit NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio

                                                     

The NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative with
Texas State University is providing a 2 day Workshop for Educators at NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio.

                                                      Day 1: STEM on Station

Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 

Time: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Welcome aboard STEM on Station where we are celebrating the International Space Station. Participants will find out how to bring space into your classroom, with lesson plans, videos and up-to-the minute education news filmed by astronauts performing similar activities onboard the International Space Station. We will practice inquiry based strategies while completing the challenges, recording, analyzing and interpreting our data.

 

9:00-9:15                    Introduction and Welcome

9:15-9:30                    Getting Organized

9:30-10:30                  Science and Technology: Mass VS Weight

10:00-11:00                Technology and Engineering: Designing a Robotic Arm

11:00-12:00                Math: Orbits (Racing Time in Space)

12:00-12:30                Technology and Engineering: Heat Transfer: Keeping Cool in Space

12:30-1:30                  Lunch in cafeteria and Gift Shop      

1:30-2:00                    Tour (Microgravity)

 

 

                                             Day 2:

Constructing Explanations and Solutions Using Images and Data

Date:  Wednesday, June 7, 2017 

Participants will practice inquiry based strategies while completing the challenges, recording, analyzing and interpreting our data. Participants will create a 3-D model of an area and develop a classification system for the landforms in the model. View the model from a variety of heights and perspectives. Create maps of the objects they see. The maps can be used to answer certain questions

Time:  9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

 

9:00-9:15                      Introduction and Welcome

9:15-9:30                      Getting Organized

9:30-10:30                    Mission geography: How can we Compare Maps with Images from Space?

10:00-11:00                  Ground Truthing: Sand Boxes and Satellites:

11:00-12:00                  Math: Triangulation: Kinesthetic Learning

12:00-1:00                    Lunch in cafeteria and Gift Shop          

1:00-1:30                          Tour: TBA

1:30-2:30                      MY NASA Data: Tracking Harmful Algae Blooms

 

 

 


Susan Kohler is the current Education Professional Development Specialist at Glenn Research Center and serves the states of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota. She has more than 25 years of progressively responsible K-12 educational leadership experience. She has served as Asst. Principal, Principal, Curriculum Director, Math/Science Consultant and Asst. Superintendent. Susan taught science for 13 years at the high school level. Her expertise in STEM and professional development is combined with her knowledge of new technology trends and innovative instructional strategies. Susan holds a Master’s in Education Administration from Bowling Green State College as well as a Bachelors degree of Science in Biological Sciences with the emphasis on Neurophysiology from Ramapo College in New Jersey.