I spent all last week (July 8-14) learning how to tap into all the FREE resources
that are available through NASA! Wow, is there a lot!
As part of this experience, I lived at a local hotel with 29 other
preservice teachers from all over the US and took a bus daily to
Johnson Space Center. Our days were basically 8am till 5pm, dinner at
the hotel, another class at 6:30pm till about 8pm. Each day we had
3-4 presenters. Most presenters were former teachers that now work at
NASA. There jobs are to reach out to teachers with all the NASA
resources that included developed lessons that link to the common core
standards. As well as, webinars, streaming interviews, asking the
astronauts on the International Space Station questions or to do
experiments, and so many other resources.
We had speakers share about how the earth was formed, how to
make paper/foam rockets, how to teach math, about all the various
program offered to teachers through the various departments of NASA.
The best of all was our ASTRONAUT speaker, Clay Anderson. Wow, he was
an incredible speaker, funny, witty, and entertaining. He shared
poignant, emotional, personal stories that were touching and
inspirational. He informed us new teachers that we have an important
job to do: educate future astronaut, scientists, engineers.....yes, a
big job!!
Below are a bunch of NASA links. I am going to be applying for the
reduced gravity program next year, so check it out.
Below are just a few of the many resources available through NASA!!
Apply here preservice teachers!! http://education.jsc.nasa.gov/psti/
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/index.html
http://mas.aerospacescholars.org/
NASA Explorer Schools:
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/nes2/home/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/microgravity/home/index.html
http://reducedgravity.jsc.nasa.gov/
NASA-JSC main website for educators:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html
NEON teacher network: http://neon.intronetworks.com/#
that are available through NASA! Wow, is there a lot!
As part of this experience, I lived at a local hotel with 29 other
preservice teachers from all over the US and took a bus daily to
Johnson Space Center. Our days were basically 8am till 5pm, dinner at
the hotel, another class at 6:30pm till about 8pm. Each day we had
3-4 presenters. Most presenters were former teachers that now work at
NASA. There jobs are to reach out to teachers with all the NASA
resources that included developed lessons that link to the common core
standards. As well as, webinars, streaming interviews, asking the
astronauts on the International Space Station questions or to do
experiments, and so many other resources.
We had speakers share about how the earth was formed, how to
make paper/foam rockets, how to teach math, about all the various
program offered to teachers through the various departments of NASA.
The best of all was our ASTRONAUT speaker, Clay Anderson. Wow, he was
an incredible speaker, funny, witty, and entertaining. He shared
poignant, emotional, personal stories that were touching and
inspirational. He informed us new teachers that we have an important
job to do: educate future astronaut, scientists, engineers.....yes, a
big job!!
Below are a bunch of NASA links. I am going to be applying for the
reduced gravity program next year, so check it out.
Below are just a few of the many resources available through NASA!!
Apply here preservice teachers!! http://education.jsc.nasa.gov/psti/
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/index.html
http://mas.aerospacescholars.org/
NASA Explorer Schools:
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/nes2/home/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/microgravity/home/index.html
http://reducedgravity.jsc.nasa.gov/
NASA-JSC main website for educators:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html
NEON teacher network: http://neon.intronetworks.com/#
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| Simulated Impact Craters (dropping marbles into a container that is layered with baking soda and unsweetened cocoa) |
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| Setting up a mass (weight) activity |
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| Layering lava layers |
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| Holding a piece of a meteorite that is 4.5 billion years old |
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| Sorting the 4 earth processes |
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| More earth process sorting by planets |
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| July 2012 PSTI Cohort holding our "mission patches" that we each designed. |
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| We are now certified MOON ROCK handlers! How cool is that?? |
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| The Texas teachers with Astronaut Clay Anderson! Oh boy, he was awesome!! |
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