Engineering Practices in K-12 Classrooms
Tuesday 04/16/2019
6:30 pm (Eastern Time)
FREE 1-hour Webinar
Educators in Grades K-12

The NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative
at Texas State University is providing a 1-hour webinar.

Join us for a free webinar to explore how to implement "Engineering Practices" in K-12 classrooms. Discussion will be based on the Science and Engineering Practices component of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and will include examples of NASA educational activities that can be used to facilitate these practices in a systematic manner.


Deepika is a NASA Education Professional Development Specialist at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. She works to support education in eleven East Coast states ranging from Virginia to Maine. Deepika has worked in STEM Education in various capacities – as a researcher, educator, outreach coordinator, member of a non-profit startup, and K-8 Educator. She has enjoyed building diverse experiences in STEM education and hopes to add unique value to Educator Profession Development at NASA. Deepika has degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Mysore, India (Bachelors), University of Maryland, College Park (Masters), and Purdue University (Ph. D.) where she researched how to teach fundamental disciplinary concepts in Electrical Engineering.