NASA Engineering with Alabama - Elementary
Saturday 10/27/2018
9:00 am CT
This event will be on-site at
the University of Alabama
Room 2006 Bevill Research Building
7th Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401



The NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University is providing a series of workshops.


Participants will get an overview of engineering design and associated grade-band appropriate, NASA resources aligned to the new Alabama Course of Study - Science.

The workshop will include hands-on, low cost activities integrated into physical sciences and a discussion about integrating engineering design into life science.

9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Elementary

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM lunch provided

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Secondary


Please email Gregory Thompson at gthompson@eng.ua.edu if you plan to be there for lunch.



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.