Lunar and Meteorite Sample Certification - Northview Academy
Saturday 12/09/2017
8:00 am ET
FREE 5-hour Workshop
Marshall Space Flight Center Educator Resource Center

This is an on-site training at the Northview Academy in Kodak, Tennessee, please register only if you will be in Kodak on the 9th of December from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

This workshop will prepare K-12 educators to borrow lunar and meteorite samples from NASA for use in educational settings.

Information will focus on, linkages and activities for Physical and Earth and Space Sciences, Sample Security, Lunar and Meteorite Origins, and Lunar Exploration.

Hands-on activities for the classroom will include accretion, differentiation, volcanism, impact cratering, and more.

Participants will receive access to free educational materials to use in their classrooms.



John Weis has been an Education Specialist with NASA for the last 10 years. He is currently stationed at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In addition to providing online professional development for educators, John is responsible for educational outreach including professional development for pre-service and in-service teachers, community programs and liaising with state and local education agencies in the Marshall region of Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Alabama and Tennessee. John earned a BS in Science and Mathematics Teaching with an emphasis in Mathematics and Physics from the Florida State University and an MS in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Scranton. Before joining NASA education, he spent 10 years as a secondary science teacher in Volusia County, Florida. His areas of specialization include Mathematics, Physics, Earth/Space Science, and Astronomy.