Moon to Mars Resource Overview - May1
Monday 05/13/2019
6:30 pm ET
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.

As NASA expands human exploration by visiting the Moon and then Mars, Deep Space Exploration will require innovations in transportation that include the Space Launch System, Orion and Ground Launch Systems.
 
This webinar begins with an overview of NASA’s plans for Human Exploration beyond Low-Earth Orbit and continues with an overview of associated NASA education lessons, videos, fact sheets, printables and training opportunities.
 
Resources covered address National Standards in Science and Mathematics.
 
 

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.