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Stennis Aerospace and Engineering Academy
| Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, June 5-7, 2012 | CEUs: 1.5 | Grades: K-8 |
This three-day professional development workshop at Stennis Space Center is designed to provide an overview of NASA educational resources in a themed approach. Kids of all ages are fascinated with space travel and the challenges we face in exploring space in the future! Learn how to get your students hooked on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) using NASA curriculum guides and hands-on activities. Helps meet state and national standards and addresses learning across the curriculum.
Teachers can register for any or all of the three workshops in the Stennis Aerospace and Engineering Academy series. Each session is 5.0 hours long, and CEU credit will be 0.5 for each day. If all three sessions are completed, the participant earns 1.5 CEUs.
Participants will bring their own lunches. Lunch will be from 11:30-12:00. All active and pre-service educators are welcome to attend; however, the target grade range for all the activities will be kindergarten through eighth grade (K-8).
Day 1: Tuesday, June 5
Solar System
Educators will take a tour of our solar system in this inquiry-based STEM workshop. They will develop a better understanding of our neighbors in space and their important relationship to Earth. In addition, educators will explore the Transit of Venus across our Sun and how the transit method of planet detection can help find Earth-like planets outside our solar system. Get ready for this exciting educational adventure through our solar system.
Robotics
From pop-culture to the International Space Station to Mars, robots are everywhere! They perform tasks too dangerous or too mundane for humans here on Earth and even Astronauts in space. Come learn and make simple, hands-on robots that demonstrate real-life examples of robots NASA uses on a daily basis.
Day 2: Wednesday, June 6
Fit for Space
NASA has a top priority of promoting physical fitness for all of their astronauts. Join us as we use a variety of NASA's exciting physical and hands-on activities to encourage students to "Train like an Astronaut." These activities have been developed in cooperation with NASA scientists and fitness professionals. Students will learn physical activities modeled after the real-life physical requirements of humans traveling in space.
NASA's BEST
Help your students become one of NASA's BEST (Beginning Engineering, Science and Technology) engineers! This session will cover the Engineering Design Process and demonstrate that engineering is not such a scary subject after all. The principles of engineering will come to life for teachers and help them engage students using real world NASA problems and solutions. This workshop is built around hands-on activities that will illustrate a wide range of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) concepts and can be used with a variety of subjects beyond engineering.
Day 3: Thursday, June 7
Rocketry: Newton's Law
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to have a blast at this workshop! Rocketry is the theme, as participants are introduced to Newton's Laws of Motion and NASA's updated Rockets Guide. Participants will design, build and launch several simple rockets that can be easily used in the classroom. Using these activities, educators and students will develop a better understanding of the basic principles of force and motion.
Teaching from Space
Are you ready to take your students knowledge out of this world? Stennis Space Center has developed a series of hands-on activities that will help your students understand the fundamental concepts of what it's like to live, work, and play in a microgravity environment. The activities will focus on concepts such as mass and weight, nutrition, and sports. This fun filled session will show how these activities take place on Earth as well as on the International Space Station.
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GLOBE 5-Day Train-The-Trainer Workshop
| Monday, July 9, through Friday, July 13, 2012 | CEUs: 2.5 | Grades: K-12 |
A GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Train-the-Trainer workshop will be conducted at Stennis Space Center, in Southern Mississippi, on Monday, July 9 -- Friday, July 13. The intent of this training is to train groups of educators and faculty members in the four areas of GLOBE - Atmosphere, LandCover, Soil, Hydrology, and Computer Training on the GLOBE website. These trainers in turn will be able to train teachers, preservice teachers and educators in the four areas of GLOBE. To attend, you MUST have already taken at least one GLOBE Educator workshop in the past five years.
GLOBE is a worldwide, hands-on, school-based education and science program. For students, GLOBE provides the opportunity to learn by taking scientifically valid measurements in the fields of land cover/biology, atmosphere/climate, hydrology and soil. During GLOBE training, educators learn precise methods of collecting measurements. Educators then teach students to collect data from sites at or near their schools and submit it to the GLOBE Web site. Using this free, interactive site, students can create maps and graphs, analyze data sets, and collaborate with scientists and GLOBE students in 100 countries around the world.
GLOBE workshops are designed for educators who intend to implement GLOBE data collection at their school, and not for a general educational audience. Registration approval for GLOBE workshops will be handled on a case by case basis by the instructor(s) using this criteria.
GLOBE workshops address national standards in science, geography, mathematics and technology. For more information about GLOBE visit http://www.globe.gov. To register for this training, go to http://classic.globe.gov/fsl/workshop/registration.pl.
Exploring Earth:The Blue Marble
| Wednesday & Thursday, July 18 - 19, 2012 | CEUs: 1.0 | Grades: K-8 |
This two-day professional development workshop at Stennis Space Center is 5.0 hours each day and CEU credit will be 0.5 for each day. If both sessions are completed, the participant earns 1.0 CEU. Using NASA curriculum guides and other ideas, educators will use NASA hands-on activities to study, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). These activities will help you meet your state and national standards. Helps meet state and national standards and addresses learning across the curriculum.
Participants will bring their own lunches. Lunch will be from 11:30-12:00. All active and pre-service educators are welcome to attend; however, the target grade range for all the activities will be kindergarten through eighth grade (K-8).
Day 1: Wednesday, July 18
Math Made Easy
Looking for ways to make math enjoyable for your students? This session will be filled with easy make-and-take math lessons and activities that your students will enjoy. Using NASA curriculum guides, participants will learn math projects (including geometry) to use in the elementary and middle school classrooms. This session will feature some activities consistent with the recognition of Earth Day. These mathematical activities may help us better understand how our presence and actions can and do impact our planet Earth. Participants will conduct some activities using estimation, measurement, and team problem solving.
Exploring Energy
This workshop session will include fun-filled science activities to make the concept of energy come alive in your classroom. Educators will focus on solar, kinetic and potential energy activities. Some of the energy activities will include making solar prints, experimenting with solar cooking ovens, and transferring kinetic energy from one ball to another.
Day 2: Thursday, July 19
What's Up With Our Weather?
Are your students excited about learning weather? Learning about the weather can be fun and interesting for all ages. In this workshop session, educators will conduct hands-on activities exploring the sun and its influence on our planet, our water cycle, types of clouds and how each type of cloud brings its own kind of weather, and the reasons we have seasons.
Protecting Earth's Environment
All of us, including the scientists and engineers at NASA, are concerned about our planet Earth. This workshop session will provide hands-on activities that will help educate our students about Earth's environment and ways that they can improve our lives here. Using NASA curriculum guides and other ideas, educators will conduct activities on preserving our natural resources, protecting our wildlife, reducing, reusing, recycling, and other environmental topics.
How to Register
Due to limited seating, reservations are required.
To make reservations, call the NASA Educator Resource Center (ERC) at 800-237-1821 and select option two, or call 228-688-3338. Please call between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Unless otherwise noted, all 0.5 CEU workshops will be held 8:30 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. National and state education standards will be addressed in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and geography in the workshops. For further information e-mail nasaerc@ssc.nasa.gov.
If you are unable to attend a workshop, please notify the ERC and cancel your reservation so that others can have the opportunity to attend.
For security purposes, you may be required to check in at the reception center located at either the north or south gate upon arrival at Stennis Space Center. A valid photo ID is required. Please allow sufficient time for this process. For workshops held in the ERC in Building 3101 (the South Gate entrance) participants arriving from I-10 do not have to go through security or obtain a badge.
To register for GLOBE workshops:
Visit the GLOBE Web site at http://classic.globe.gov. Under the "For Teachers" dropdown menu, click on "Workshop Registration," then scroll down and select the workshops listed for Stennis Space Center.
Safety Regulation
Please note that the use of hand-held communication devices (cell phones, two-way radios, etc.), is prohibited while driving on site at Stennis Space Center.
CEU Information
Mississippi and Louisiana educators are able to renew their teaching certificates with CEU credits from approved workshops. Unless otherwise noted, educators will receive 0.5 CEU credits for each five-hour workshop conducted on site. You must be present for the full workshop to earn CEU credit. The ERC now maintains all CEU records. The ERC issues a certificate of attendance when the educator completes a five-hour workshop. This certificate, along with any other CEU documentation, should then be mailed by the teacher to the State Department of Education at the time of renewal. To obtain a copy of all of your CEU credits, a written request must be sent to the ERC.
