stepping into stem with nasa resources
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Looking for ways to incorporate STEM into your elementary classroom? See how one school did it using free resources provided by NASA.TRANSCRIPT
Presented by Jennifer Williams and Julie KenterIsidore Newman SchoolLACUE Conference 2012
Who Are We???Jennifer Williams
Lower School Science Coordinator atIsidore Newman School in New Orleans, [email protected]
Julie KenterSecond Grade Lead Teacher atIsidore Newman School in New Orleans, [email protected]
Discimus Agree Agendo
“Learning to do by doing”
Our department believes in hands-on, constructivistteaching. Our teachers believe and teach science asa verb, not a noun. The more the students DOscience, the better they will understand their worldand the nature of science.
The Philosophy of LS Science Program at Newman
NASA Explorer Schools (NES) Program and Newman School
In 2010 school year, Newman School became involved in NASAExplorer Schools Program.
NES gives educators access to NASA’s people, missions,research and facilities. NASA has assembled a comprehensiveset of free classroom materials to help you teach dozens ofSTEM concepts.
Since 2010, we have been part of pilot program testing NASAeducational materials with early elementary grades.
NASA Explorer Schools WebsiteThe Starting Point For Teachers
NASA ‐NASA Explorer Schools
NASA’s 50th AnniversaryA Multimedia Perspective of NASA’s Past, Present and Future
NASA's 50th Anniversary website
NASA’s Rocketry SiteLearn About the Basics of Rocket Design, the Space Shuttle, and the Future of Heavy Lift Rockets
NASA's Rocketry
3…2…1…PUFF!Building and Testing a Simple Soda Straw Rockets
Rocket Engineering at NASARemember you can not have success without having failures.
This video shows some of our successes and failures in rocket construction: NASA's Famous First.mp4
Your Mission’s Objective
Construct a simple paper rocket.Test your rocket to see how far it will travel.Collect data on your rocket and far it travels.Redesign to improve your rocket’s performance.Graph your results.
Carter F. rocket launch
Collecting Data on Your Rocket
NASA’s Do-It-Yourself Podcast
NASA's Do-It-Yourself Podcast activity sets the stage for students to host a show that features astronauts doing experiments on the International Space Station or NASA experts explaining scientific concepts.
NASA provides a set of audio and video clips along with links to images and information about a STEM-related topic.
NASA’s Do-It-Yourself PodcastNewman Made Podcast
Mars by the Swamp Class
•NASA’s DIY Podcasts provides modulesthat help you to create your own podcaston various topics.
• Our students selected to create apodcasts about a topic not addressed inthe DIY Podcast section.
•Students selected images from NASAImages site for their movie.
•NASA Images and Great Images inNASA are repositories for photographs,animations, videos, and animations fromNASA’s past and future.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Science Laboratory
In the “Participate” section, teachers can find professional development, curriculum and projects about the Red Planet.
The site updated daily with new images from Curiosity and news releases from JPL and NASA.
Mars Exploration Program
NASA and LEGO’s Bricks in Space Program
Join the astronauts onboard the International Space Station as they perform scientific experiments with various LEGO products.Videos, available on the site, transmit their results back to Earth.Accompanying worksheets are able so the activities can be performed in classrooms and compared with the results from the astronauts.
LEGOspace.com Home
NASA and LEGO’s Bricks in Space Program
..\Videos\Emma C, Whitney G, and Grace's robot.MPG
NASA’s Spaced Out Sports Challenge
Spaced Out Sports” is a national student design challenge geared toward grades 5-8. The purpose is for students to apply Newton's Laws of Motion by designing or redesigning a game for International Space Station (ISS) astronauts to play in space. As students design a new sport, they will learn about Newton's Laws of Motion and the effect of gravity on an object. Students will learn to predict the difference between a game or activity played on Earth and in the microgravity environment of the ISS.Can be used with NASA’s DIY Podcasts on Microgravity and Space Sports and/or Spaced Out Sports curriculum.
Places to Learn and Play at NASA
STAR CHILD
NASA KIDS' CLUBTHE SPACE PLACE
WELCOME TO MARS
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Planet Quest
Simulations, blogs, videos, podcasts, and opportunities to interact with the scientists and engineers at JPL.
Planet Quest
NASA Apps for iPad, iPod and iPhone
In closing…
NASA has many STEM resources available for educators that are entirely free to you.Start with one this school year and incorporate more as you explorer the NASA sites mentioned in this presentation.Happy exploring!
Websites used in this presentation…NASA Explorer Schools (NES) Program
NES gives educators access to NASA’s people, missions, research and facilities. NASA has assembled a comprehensive set of free classroom materials to help you
teach dozens of STEM concepts. www.explorerschools.nasa.gov/
NASA’s 50 Years
This interactive, multimedia site gives students a perspective of NASA’s past, present and future. This site gives students insight to history of the space agency and
space travel, news of the day, music of the time, and national trends. Great links found at this site to learn more about the people, missions, and events.
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/50th/index.html
NASA’s Rocketry Site
Includes educational lesson plans and activities to help students understand how rockets are constructed and function. Learn about past rockets used in space
exploration and get updates on the future of the heavy lift rockets that will take humans back to the moon and on to
Mars. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/rocketry/home/index.html
NASA’s Do-It-Yourself Podcast
NASA provides sets of audio and video clips along with links to images and information about a STEM-related topic, so students can create their video and audio
podcasts. www.nasa.gov/education/diypodcast
Websites used in this presentation… continuedNASA and LEGO’s Bricks in Space Program
LEGO® Education has partnered with NASA to create an educational program designed to inspire the exploration of science,technology, engineering, andmath! Join the astronauts onboard the International Space Station as they perform scientificexperiments with various LEGO products. Lesson plans, building instructions, and student worksheets are available at the site.http://legospace.com
NASA’s Spaced Out Sports Challenge
National student designed challenge for students in grades 5th – 8th. Teachers will find a curriculum guide available that teachesstudents about Newton’s Laws of Motion. http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/spacedoutsports.asp
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Planet Quest
Simulations, blogs, videos, podcasts, and opportunities to interact with the scientists and engineers at JPL.http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/
NASA Images
Repository for NASA images, animations and videos. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/
Websites used in this presentation… continued
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Science LaboratoryLearn the latest information about the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) including Curiosity. Students can learn about all aspects of therover through videos, blogs, and fact sheets. Teachers can find lesson plans, simulations, and design challenges to teach about therovers and Mars. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/
Great Images in NASA (GRIN)GRIN is a collection of over a thousand images of significant historical interest scanned at high-resolution in several sizes.http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/
NASA Kids’ Clubhttp://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
The Space Placehttp://spaceplace.nasa.gov/
Starchildhttp://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
No matter where you are in the universethank you for attending today…
If you have questions or need assistance, please contact us atJennifer Williams
[email protected]://storystartstoscience.googlepages.com
Julie Kenter [email protected]
