Wednesday 11/14/2018 
9:00 am -3:00 pm EST
FREE 1 day workshop 
at
Raven Hill Discovery Center
4737 Fuller Rd, East Jordan, Michigan
Educators in Grades  K-12

The NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative at
Texas State University is providing a 1 day workshop.

NGSS Engineering Design with NASA 


NASA works with astronaut crews on skills that prepare them to live and work together during space missions. Some of these same skills are useful in everyday life here on Earth. The series of engineering design challenges were designed to help students learn and practice skills that you can apply in almost every aspect of life.

Agenda

9:00-9:30           Let’s Get organized (Team structure)

9:30-10:30          Culturally Relevant Teaching (Let’s Shake)

10:30-11:30        Communications and Problem Solving (Pipeline Challenge)

11:30-12:00        Constraints and Criteria: Building a Lunar Hotel

12:00-12:30        Lunch

12:30-2:30          Engineering Design Challenge:  Land to water to space vehicle

2:30-3:00            Resources and Q and A

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.